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... unless we use them as men do vessels of dishonour , filling them with things fit to be thrown away , with any thing that is not necessary , we are by them more nearly brought to God than by all the senses beside . For although things ...
... unless we use them as men do vessels of dishonour , filling them with things fit to be thrown away , with any thing that is not necessary , we are by them more nearly brought to God than by all the senses beside . For although things ...
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... ( unless we hear weakly and imperfectly ; ) it will be of the great- er concernment that we be curious to hear , in order to such purposes which are perfective of the soul and of the spirit , and not to dwell in fancy and specu- lation ...
... ( unless we hear weakly and imperfectly ; ) it will be of the great- er concernment that we be curious to hear , in order to such purposes which are perfective of the soul and of the spirit , and not to dwell in fancy and specu- lation ...
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... ( unless I deceive my- self ) I intend the glory of God sincerely , and the service of Jesus , in this publication ; and therefore seeing I do not seek myself or my own reputation , I shall not be troubled if they be lost in the voices of ...
... ( unless I deceive my- self ) I intend the glory of God sincerely , and the service of Jesus , in this publication ; and therefore seeing I do not seek myself or my own reputation , I shall not be troubled if they be lost in the voices of ...
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... unless the Spirit of God had given us a new light , and created in us a new capa- city , and made us to be a new creature , of another definition . Animalis homo , tuxes , that is , as St. Jude expounds the word , x , The animal , or ...
... unless the Spirit of God had given us a new light , and created in us a new capa- city , and made us to be a new creature , of another definition . Animalis homo , tuxes , that is , as St. Jude expounds the word , x , The animal , or ...
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... unless he be a fool , he cannot but use means to obtain them , effective , hearty pursuances . For it is not directly in the nature of a man to neglect so great a good ; there must be something in his manners , some obliquity in his ...
... unless he be a fool , he cannot but use means to obtain them , effective , hearty pursuances . For it is not directly in the nature of a man to neglect so great a good ; there must be something in his manners , some obliquity in his ...
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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.