The Orthodox Presbyterian, Volume 8W. M'Comb, 1837 |
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... believe that , if the Establishment were demolished to - morrow , the Voluntary principle would overtake then what it has never been able to overtake , under more auspicious circumstances , when less waste ground was unoccupied ? The ...
... believe that , if the Establishment were demolished to - morrow , the Voluntary principle would overtake then what it has never been able to overtake , under more auspicious circumstances , when less waste ground was unoccupied ? The ...
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... believe I might say every hour of our lives . One of the most effectual ways by which you can benefit your people , is by visiting from house to house ; and I assure you the good resulting from it will amply repay your toil . The more ...
... believe I might say every hour of our lives . One of the most effectual ways by which you can benefit your people , is by visiting from house to house ; and I assure you the good resulting from it will amply repay your toil . The more ...
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... believe the Gos- pel . " This is surely an unhappy expedient to get rid of a positive duty . All the religious internal exercises , which are binding on Christians , were obligatory on the Jews , and vice versa . In the use of appointed ...
... believe the Gos- pel . " This is surely an unhappy expedient to get rid of a positive duty . All the religious internal exercises , which are binding on Christians , were obligatory on the Jews , and vice versa . In the use of appointed ...
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... believe that he is generally regarded as a man of good character ? 3. Is he a man of temperate habits ? 4. Is he of an inoffensive disposition ? 5. Do you believe that he is not avaricious ? 6. Do you believe that he is not of an ...
... believe that he is generally regarded as a man of good character ? 3. Is he a man of temperate habits ? 4. Is he of an inoffensive disposition ? 5. Do you believe that he is not avaricious ? 6. Do you believe that he is not of an ...
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... believe that he celebrates marriage regularly ? 9. Do you believe that the Elders are men of piety ?, 10. Do they maintain family worship ? 11. Do they visit the sick of their districts ? 12. Do they visit and admonish those who neglect ...
... believe that he celebrates marriage regularly ? 9. Do you believe that the Elders are men of piety ?, 10. Do they maintain family worship ? 11. Do they visit the sick of their districts ? 12. Do they visit and admonish those who neglect ...
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Page 257 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ! for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked...
Page 278 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 254 - Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces : and they said, The LORD, he is the God ; the LORD, he is the God.
Page 279 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
Page 326 - What then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise, for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all chapter 3: 9 5 under sin, "as it is written, 'There is none righteous, no, not one; " there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Page 253 - And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us.
Page 165 - And Cornelius said. Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
Page 186 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 254 - And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord, and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
Page 254 - And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name...