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Some are extremely dejected , because , upon strict examination of themselves , they find , as they think , all their religion to be owing to their fears ; and fear being a slavish and sordid passion , they are apt to conclude ...
Some are extremely dejected , because , upon strict examination of themselves , they find , as they think , all their religion to be owing to their fears ; and fear being a slavish and sordid passion , they are apt to conclude ...
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... hath said , that perfect love casteth out fear , but it hath not said that in the soul of man this love is ever perfect ' ; what the Scripture has thus declared of perfect love is no more than what is just .
... hath said , that perfect love casteth out fear , but it hath not said that in the soul of man this love is ever perfect ' ; what the Scripture has thus declared of perfect love is no more than what is just .
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge ; but calling it the begioning implies that we ought to proceed farther ; namely , from his fear to his love . To apply this distinction to the subject before us ; the man , who serves ...
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge ; but calling it the begioning implies that we ought to proceed farther ; namely , from his fear to his love . To apply this distinction to the subject before us ; the man , who serves ...
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