Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1816 |
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... lust of the flesh , the lust of the eyes , and the pride of life . But there was then also in the world ( and now it is grown into age , and strength , and faction ) another lust , the lust of the ear , and a fifth also , the lust of ...
... lust of the flesh , the lust of the eyes , and the pride of life . But there was then also in the world ( and now it is grown into age , and strength , and faction ) another lust , the lust of the ear , and a fifth also , the lust of ...
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... lust ; it makes them so much the less to be servants of Christ , by how much they call any man master upon earth ; it weakens the heart and hands of others , it places themselves in a rank much below their proper station , changing from ...
... lust ; it makes them so much the less to be servants of Christ , by how much they call any man master upon earth ; it weakens the heart and hands of others , it places themselves in a rank much below their proper station , changing from ...
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... lust , or drawn off by evil example , or abused by riches , or imprisoned by ambition and secular designs . This the spirit of God does work in all his servants ; and is called the spirit of obsignation , or the confirming spirit ...
... lust , or drawn off by evil example , or abused by riches , or imprisoned by ambition and secular designs . This the spirit of God does work in all his servants ; and is called the spirit of obsignation , or the confirming spirit ...
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... lust by pleasure , or 2 . to baser arts by covetousness , or 3. to impatience by sor- row , or 4. to dishonourable actions by fear : and this is the state of man by nature , and under the law , and for ever , till the spirit of God came ...
... lust by pleasure , or 2 . to baser arts by covetousness , or 3. to impatience by sor- row , or 4. to dishonourable actions by fear : and this is the state of man by nature , and under the law , and for ever , till the spirit of God came ...
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... lusts and sottish appetites . The Spirit doth not inflame our thirst of wealth , but extin- guishes it , and makes us to esteem all things as loss , and as dung , so that we may gain Christ . No gain then is pleasant but godliness , no ...
... lusts and sottish appetites . The Spirit doth not inflame our thirst of wealth , but extin- guishes it , and makes us to esteem all things as loss , and as dung , so that we may gain Christ . No gain then is pleasant but godliness , no ...
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Page xv - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Page 164 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 76 - Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood ; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Page 83 - And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
Page 102 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page xv - Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Page 181 - Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts? And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Page 116 - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Page 83 - God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Page 119 - Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works.