Works of the Right Reverend Beilby Porteus, Late Bishop of London: With His Life, Volume 3T. Cadell, 1823 |
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... pleasure and enmity to the world , which occur sometimes in the sacred writings ; and to those seasons which , in conformity to the spirit of such injunctions , have , by the authority of particular churches , been VOL . II . B.
... pleasure and enmity to the world , which occur sometimes in the sacred writings ; and to those seasons which , in conformity to the spirit of such injunctions , have , by the authority of particular churches , been VOL . II . B.
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... spirit and temper of our religion , which is active , lively , and animated through- out . Consider its precepts , consider the example of those who taught it , and you will find that the predominant quality in both is an UNIFORM ...
... spirit and temper of our religion , which is active , lively , and animated through- out . Consider its precepts , consider the example of those who taught it , and you will find that the predominant quality in both is an UNIFORM ...
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... spirits of his disciples by the most en- couraging expressions ; and when he found himself at length obliged to explain ... spirit diffused itself to the apos- tles , evangelists , and disciples , who main- tained , throughout the whole ...
... spirits of his disciples by the most en- couraging expressions ; and when he found himself at length obliged to explain ... spirit diffused itself to the apos- tles , evangelists , and disciples , who main- tained , throughout the whole ...
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... spirits droop . He will be continu- ally animated with new prospects , elated with new acquisitions , rewarded with new triumphs , and will know nothing of that languor and flatness , that gloom and melan- choly , which are so apt to ...
... spirits droop . He will be continu- ally animated with new prospects , elated with new acquisitions , rewarded with new triumphs , and will know nothing of that languor and flatness , that gloom and melan- choly , which are so apt to ...
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... spirits " sleeps not , except he has done mischief : " his sleep is taken away , unless he cause 66 some to fall . " * Every one must see , that a state of mind like this must exclude all enjoyment of life ; must produce a sullen ...
... spirits " sleeps not , except he has done mischief : " his sleep is taken away , unless he cause 66 some to fall . " * Every one must see , that a state of mind like this must exclude all enjoyment of life ; must produce a sullen ...
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Page 233 - And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine : for his word was with power.
Page 5 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 29 - Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Page 244 - And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Page 32 - Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 7 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret : and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Page 180 - Praise the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, O my soul : and forget not all his benefits...
Page 28 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page vi - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the LORD be God, follow him : but if Baal, then follow him.
Page 102 - For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.