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... professing Christians , not otherwise defective in a sound orthodoxy , do nevertheless ex- hibit much that is defective and inconsistent in their Christian profession . In this so important a branch of Christian duty , and so conducive ...
... professing Christians , not otherwise defective in a sound orthodoxy , do nevertheless ex- hibit much that is defective and inconsistent in their Christian profession . In this so important a branch of Christian duty , and so conducive ...
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... profess in the world , I had best make choice of to profess and adhere to . The general inclinations which are naturally implanted in my soul to some religion , it is impossible for me to shift off ; but there being such a multiplicity ...
... profess in the world , I had best make choice of to profess and adhere to . The general inclinations which are naturally implanted in my soul to some religion , it is impossible for me to shift off ; but there being such a multiplicity ...
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... profess it ; otherwise they would not have professed it . The Indians that worship the devil , would think it as strange doctrine to say that Christ was to be feared more than the devil ; as such as believe in Christ think it is , to ...
... profess it ; otherwise they would not have professed it . The Indians that worship the devil , would think it as strange doctrine to say that Christ was to be feared more than the devil ; as such as believe in Christ think it is , to ...
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... profess religion , though it be another religion which I profess upon these grounds ; so that I can see but very little difference betwixt being a Turk by profession , and a Christian only by education ; which commonly is the means and ...
... profess religion , though it be another religion which I profess upon these grounds ; so that I can see but very little difference betwixt being a Turk by profession , and a Christian only by education ; which commonly is the means and ...
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... professed than any , or indeed all the rest , be not the true religion , wherein God is most rightly wor- shipped , and I may be the most certainly saved . And here , when I take a view of this religion , as it is dispersed through ...
... professed than any , or indeed all the rest , be not the true religion , wherein God is most rightly wor- shipped , and I may be the most certainly saved . And here , when I take a view of this religion , as it is dispersed through ...
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Page 394 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 401 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 149 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 245 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ...
Page 507 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 293 - For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Page 296 - And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him...
Page 401 - The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they are foolishness to him : Neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 341 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 129 - Shield : the Lord will give grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.