Devotional Guides, Volume 2D. Appleton, 1837 |
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... afraid to believe . But , let us remember ! there are two kinds of presumption . It is as much high presumption to make our own terms , before believing , as it would be to make our own terms before obeying . He presumes , who would ...
... afraid to believe . But , let us remember ! there are two kinds of presumption . It is as much high presumption to make our own terms , before believing , as it would be to make our own terms before obeying . He presumes , who would ...
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... afraid to hope . Now , what answer could we give to his appeal ? The only thing we could say is— “ Ah , you do not know our case : there are peculiarities about it peculiar to itself : we could believe in Christ for our own salvation ...
... afraid to hope . Now , what answer could we give to his appeal ? The only thing we could say is— “ Ah , you do not know our case : there are peculiarities about it peculiar to itself : we could believe in Christ for our own salvation ...
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... afraid of losing us ; and , therefore , he harasses us , that we may not suspect him of being thus afraid lest we escape : for , like the lion , his roar is loudest when his prey is most doubtful to him- self . Thus something may be ...
... afraid of losing us ; and , therefore , he harasses us , that we may not suspect him of being thus afraid lest we escape : for , like the lion , his roar is loudest when his prey is most doubtful to him- self . Thus something may be ...
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... duly weighed , as pleasing as the revealed fact , that it is " to everlasting . " There is no more occasion for becoming afraid , when God 66 speaks of its past eternity , than when He speaks 20 REAL CHARACTER The Real Character of ...
... duly weighed , as pleasing as the revealed fact , that it is " to everlasting . " There is no more occasion for becoming afraid , when God 66 speaks of its past eternity , than when He speaks 20 REAL CHARACTER The Real Character of ...
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... afraid as you are . Now you cannot that say , you are not invited ; and there- fore , you ought not to suspect that you are unwarranted If you will indulge this suspicion , upon your head will be the guilt of charging God with falsehood ...
... afraid as you are . Now you cannot that say , you are not invited ; and there- fore , you ought not to suspect that you are unwarranted If you will indulge this suspicion , upon your head will be the guilt of charging God with falsehood ...
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Page 271 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.
Page 286 - Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 41 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 196 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Page 267 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 69 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 50 - But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Page 69 - Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily : and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
Page 40 - But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Page 65 - This is eternal life, to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent.