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... punishment more than the Ninevites , for he must have known his duty , which , I suppose they did not , as God says ... punishing Jonah , he condescends to reason with him , and by shewing him his fault , lead him to repentance . God ...
... punishment more than the Ninevites , for he must have known his duty , which , I suppose they did not , as God says ... punishing Jonah , he condescends to reason with him , and by shewing him his fault , lead him to repentance . God ...
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... punish them . Now , you know he is a great deal kinder and more compassionate than I am , or can be ; and when I think of that , I feel as if I never could be afraid of him while I try to please him , and this seems to make me love him ...
... punish them . Now , you know he is a great deal kinder and more compassionate than I am , or can be ; and when I think of that , I feel as if I never could be afraid of him while I try to please him , and this seems to make me love him ...
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... punishment we deserve , and this makes us unhappy and fear God , as well as love him . But even this is better , much better , than neither fearing nor loving him , which is the case with some persons . And , by very strict attention to ...
... punishment we deserve , and this makes us unhappy and fear God , as well as love him . But even this is better , much better , than neither fearing nor loving him , which is the case with some persons . And , by very strict attention to ...
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... punished ; but did their children , who were , perhaps , innocent , deserve to suffer so heavily ? That is what I want to know . ན་ ANNE . I think that the threatened punishment relates only to temporal , or , more properly speaking ...
... punished ; but did their children , who were , perhaps , innocent , deserve to suffer so heavily ? That is what I want to know . ན་ ANNE . I think that the threatened punishment relates only to temporal , or , more properly speaking ...
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... punishment effect any change in such praise- worthy conduct . FRANCES . Do you think then , Anne , that we ought to pray three times every day , as Daniel did ? ANNE . Nay , my dear ; how often the seasons of devout retirement should ...
... punishment effect any change in such praise- worthy conduct . FRANCES . Do you think then , Anne , that we ought to pray three times every day , as Daniel did ? ANNE . Nay , my dear ; how often the seasons of devout retirement should ...
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Page 26 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 148 - And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
Page 77 - Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us, seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life...
Page 173 - That, reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted — sojourn here ; The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And, made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Page 19 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 36 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 246 - WHEN all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 216 - Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 183 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Page 14 - Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears, Or tremble at the gracious hand That wipes away my tears...