Theron and Aspasio: Or: A Series of Dialogues and Letters, Upon the Most Important and Interesting Subjectsproprietors, 1825 - 440 pages |
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... gives it in charge to the Colossians , mortify your members which are upon the earth , fornication , uncleanness , inordinate affection , and ' which is the source of all , evil concupiscence.'t Now , can that be free from guilt which ...
... gives it in charge to the Colossians , mortify your members which are upon the earth , fornication , uncleanness , inordinate affection , and ' which is the source of all , evil concupiscence.'t Now , can that be free from guilt which ...
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... give in our evidence . From which it appears , that the very best among the Gentiles were ignorant of the true God ; or if they knew him ' in any degree , they glorified him not as God ; but became vain in their imagi nation , and vile ...
... give in our evidence . From which it appears , that the very best among the Gentiles were ignorant of the true God ; or if they knew him ' in any degree , they glorified him not as God ; but became vain in their imagi nation , and vile ...
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... gives offence , The sound must be an echo to the sense . Pope's Essay on Criticism . Never was this delicate maxim more nicely exemplified than in the above - cited passage of Isaiah , xxviii . 13. Another in- stance of the same kind ...
... gives offence , The sound must be an echo to the sense . Pope's Essay on Criticism . Never was this delicate maxim more nicely exemplified than in the above - cited passage of Isaiah , xxviii . 13. Another in- stance of the same kind ...
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... give us a proof of the divine benignity ; a proof as undeniable as it is pleasing , and too often as ineffectual also . In short , the whole creation is a kind of magnificent embassy from its Almighty Lord , deputed to proclaim his ...
... give us a proof of the divine benignity ; a proof as undeniable as it is pleasing , and too often as ineffectual also . In short , the whole creation is a kind of magnificent embassy from its Almighty Lord , deputed to proclaim his ...
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... Give me leave to ask , Theron ; When our Lord de- clares , Unless a man be born again , he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven ; when he speaks of ' eating his flesh , and drinking his blood ; ' t when you hear or read of union with ...
... Give me leave to ask , Theron ; When our Lord de- clares , Unless a man be born again , he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven ; when he speaks of ' eating his flesh , and drinking his blood ; ' t when you hear or read of union with ...
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Page 7 - And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord : And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength : this is the first commandment.
Page 264 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Page 234 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Page 293 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 349 - Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ; for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Page 102 - Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Page 268 - Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next, and next all human race...
Page 431 - For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.
Page 104 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 107 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.