Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian CharacterDodge & Sayre, 1813 - 230 pages |
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... believers . In the act of commemorating the love of the Lord Jesus , there is a virtual , nay , there is an express profession of sav- ing faith in the Lord Jesus . Now the word of God justifies no man in professing to possess that ...
... believers . In the act of commemorating the love of the Lord Jesus , there is a virtual , nay , there is an express profession of sav- ing faith in the Lord Jesus . Now the word of God justifies no man in professing to possess that ...
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... believers . To multiply com- municants merely for the sake of multiplying them ; to make converts faster than the Spirit of God makes them ; to add to the Church those whom the Lord does not add ; gives her nei- ther strength nor beauty ...
... believers . To multiply com- municants merely for the sake of multiplying them ; to make converts faster than the Spirit of God makes them ; to add to the Church those whom the Lord does not add ; gives her nei- ther strength nor beauty ...
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... believers enables them both to glorify and enjoy the Ever - Blessed God . It is as honourable to God to trust in his grace , as to submit to his authority . When the hopes of be- lievers are low and languishing , they know not how deep ...
... believers enables them both to glorify and enjoy the Ever - Blessed God . It is as honourable to God to trust in his grace , as to submit to his authority . When the hopes of be- lievers are low and languishing , they know not how deep ...
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... believers to make their calling and election SURE . Assurance ought always to exist , and to be supported by corresponding tes- timony . But this is not the vain confidence to which I allude in this essay . It bears no alliance to the ...
... believers to make their calling and election SURE . Assurance ought always to exist , and to be supported by corresponding tes- timony . But this is not the vain confidence to which I allude in this essay . It bears no alliance to the ...
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... BELIEVER , in the Gospel sense of the word : Should you find any difficulty in doing this , you must " work it out in yourselves by the " assistance of the Spirit of God ; and according to 66 your faith so shall it be unto you * ! " The ...
... BELIEVER , in the Gospel sense of the word : Should you find any difficulty in doing this , you must " work it out in yourselves by the " assistance of the Spirit of God ; and according to 66 your faith so shall it be unto you * ! " The ...
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Page 198 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 90 - Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 46 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 187 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Page 77 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Page 138 - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 158 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 70 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 215 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 195 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.