An Essay on the Character and Practical Writings of Saint Paul, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1815 |
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... charity , they violate its spirit . We would not willingly sus- pect , that if they are more averse from bestowing commendation , than from re- ceiving it , a little envy , unsuspected by themselves , mixes with this reluctance . But be ...
... charity , they violate its spirit . We would not willingly sus- pect , that if they are more averse from bestowing commendation , than from re- ceiving it , a little envy , unsuspected by themselves , mixes with this reluctance . But be ...
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... charity , of which he knew alms - giving to be one fruit , would be an anomaly discreditable to themselves , and injurious to religion . He then proposes to them , with the hand of a master , persuasions , argu- 2 Cor . ch . viii . E 2 ...
... charity , of which he knew alms - giving to be one fruit , would be an anomaly discreditable to themselves , and injurious to religion . He then proposes to them , with the hand of a master , persuasions , argu- 2 Cor . ch . viii . E 2 ...
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... charity , but those who gave it , " that pressed it with much " intreaty ; " instructively hinting that they had made the true use of afflictions , for that " their poverty , " instead of being pleaded as an apology for withholding ...
... charity , but those who gave it , " that pressed it with much " intreaty ; " instructively hinting that they had made the true use of afflictions , for that " their poverty , " instead of being pleaded as an apology for withholding ...
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... charity ? And , finally , not contented with press- ing upon them the example of a church of inferior note , he rises suddenly to the sublimest of all precedents . He does not , to them , quote any injunction of their Divine Master to ...
... charity ? And , finally , not contented with press- ing upon them the example of a church of inferior note , he rises suddenly to the sublimest of all precedents . He does not , to them , quote any injunction of their Divine Master to ...
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... charity , — he sums up the charge by a most power- ful incitement , equal of itself to account for his own generosity , as well as to awaken theirs , producing the only post- humous quotation which Scripture has preserved preserved of ...
... charity , — he sums up the charge by a most power- ful incitement , equal of itself to account for his own generosity , as well as to awaken theirs , producing the only post- humous quotation which Scripture has preserved preserved of ...
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Page 65 - For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing ? are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? For ye are our glory and joy.
Page 213 - Awake to righteousness, and sin not : for | some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
Page 168 - Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
Page 27 - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 304 - One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.
Page 257 - But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Page 7 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 223 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 257 - It should seem, that the term' perfect,' as well in other parts of Scripture as in the writings of St. Paul, not only has not always the exact meaning which we assign to it, but has different meanings, according to the occasion on which it is employed. Sometimes this term expresses the aim rather than the acquisition, as in that injunction of our Saviour — ' Be ye perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Page 138 - Christ,' — shall we, when we see these astonishing results, refuse our homage to the transforming genius of Christianity ; to that power which enabled this fierce assailant to ' put off the old man with his deeds, and to put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness...