An Essay on the Character and Practical Writings of Saint Paul, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1815 |
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... present period , for the attainment of Knowledge , Religion , and Happiness · 283 CHAP . XXII . Conclusion Cursory Enquiry into some of the Causes which impede general Improvement 309 AN AN ESSAY ON THE CHARACTER AND PRACTICAL WRITINGS ...
... present period , for the attainment of Knowledge , Religion , and Happiness · 283 CHAP . XXII . Conclusion Cursory Enquiry into some of the Causes which impede general Improvement 309 AN AN ESSAY ON THE CHARACTER AND PRACTICAL WRITINGS ...
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... the helping hand . They are ready to suspect that they are going wrong , if not occa- sionally encouraged to believe that they are going right . B 2 History " History presents us with numberless instances in which the OF HEART . 3.
... the helping hand . They are ready to suspect that they are going wrong , if not occa- sionally encouraged to believe that they are going right . B 2 History " History presents us with numberless instances in which the OF HEART . 3.
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Hannah More. " History presents us with numberless instances in which the success or the failure of great enterprizes has depended , not altogether on the ability , but partly on the temper of him who conducted it . The importance of ...
Hannah More. " History presents us with numberless instances in which the success or the failure of great enterprizes has depended , not altogether on the ability , but partly on the temper of him who conducted it . The importance of ...
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... present to testify that whatever might have been the negligence of the hearer , the preacher " was pure from the blood " of all men ; " that he had never been guilty of that false tenderness , of not de- claring to them the whole ...
... present to testify that whatever might have been the negligence of the hearer , the preacher " was pure from the blood " of all men ; " that he had never been guilty of that false tenderness , of not de- claring to them the whole ...
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... himself was , that they might not lose the ground they had gained . He well knew that even the present position could not be long maintained without without the pursuit of farther conquests . He walked after HEAVENLY MINDEDNESS . 43.
... himself was , that they might not lose the ground they had gained . He well knew that even the present position could not be long maintained without without the pursuit of farther conquests . He walked after HEAVENLY MINDEDNESS . 43.
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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...