A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: With an Introductory EssayW. Collins, 1831 - 648 pages |
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... tion . The creatures which are merely animal are guided by instinct , and they are guided securely by it - maintaining a perfect uniformity , exhibiting a thorough consistency in their likings and aversions , and prosecuting.
... tion . The creatures which are merely animal are guided by instinct , and they are guided securely by it - maintaining a perfect uniformity , exhibiting a thorough consistency in their likings and aversions , and prosecuting.
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... tion , while they pass through the whole with as much apathy , as if mere good - breeding were the sum total of social religion . It is admitted , indeed , that the man who is thus precise in his devotion to the ceremony of religion ...
... tion , while they pass through the whole with as much apathy , as if mere good - breeding were the sum total of social religion . It is admitted , indeed , that the man who is thus precise in his devotion to the ceremony of religion ...
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... tion given of it is short of the reality , is too notorious to be denied . An individual may indeed be situated in the midst of a pious sequestered circle , who are compact and happy in each other , and see little of the great world ...
... tion given of it is short of the reality , is too notorious to be denied . An individual may indeed be situated in the midst of a pious sequestered circle , who are compact and happy in each other , and see little of the great world ...
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... tion , they may form purposes , and fix dates for a thorough renovation of their mental habits , while these formations and fixtures , having no root in the principle of reformation , but proceeding from the rest- lessness of mere pain ...
... tion , they may form purposes , and fix dates for a thorough renovation of their mental habits , while these formations and fixtures , having no root in the principle of reformation , but proceeding from the rest- lessness of mere pain ...
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... tion of its restoring efficacy . It is on this account , that the reception of its benefits is described in Scrip- ture , not as an exercise of cold intellection , but as the gratification of eager desire . " Except ye eat the flesh of ...
... tion of its restoring efficacy . It is on this account , that the reception of its benefits is described in Scrip- ture , not as an exercise of cold intellection , but as the gratification of eager desire . " Except ye eat the flesh of ...
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Page 554 - Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: For I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, The word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall swear.
Page 428 - Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended ? who hath gathered the wind in his fists ? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth ? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell ? 5 Every word of God is pure : he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Page 331 - It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Page 203 - Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord...
Page 580 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 378 - But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost ; in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 209 - So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
Page 515 - And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end ; that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Page 544 - But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
Page 286 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God...