The Orthodox Presbyterian, Volume 8W. M'Comb, 1837 |
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... observe , in all these duties , the same unvarying steadiness , the same ardent zeal for the glory of God , the cause of the Redeemer , and the souls of men . I shall now , Sir , proceed to specify some of your duties . And , first ...
... observe , in all these duties , the same unvarying steadiness , the same ardent zeal for the glory of God , the cause of the Redeemer , and the souls of men . I shall now , Sir , proceed to specify some of your duties . And , first ...
Page 161
... observe . " If ye be willing and obedient , ye shall eat the good of the land . " This furnishes an evidence , that fasting was not a ceremonial but moral duty . The nature of the duty itself is a proof of its morality . A religious ...
... observe . " If ye be willing and obedient , ye shall eat the good of the land . " This furnishes an evidence , that fasting was not a ceremonial but moral duty . The nature of the duty itself is a proof of its morality . A religious ...
Page 162
... observe a fixed time , during which , detached from all worldly concerns , we may mourn for our sins , and the sins of the people ? To maintain that this duty was merely ceremonial , and not incumbent on Christians , is just as sound ...
... observe a fixed time , during which , detached from all worldly concerns , we may mourn for our sins , and the sins of the people ? To maintain that this duty was merely ceremonial , and not incumbent on Christians , is just as sound ...
Page 164
... observe it not . " This was the language , we may properly allege , the Divine Saviour would have used , had not the duty been moral . But you see the contrary . He takes it for granted that they would fast , and specifies the method of ...
... observe it not . " This was the language , we may properly allege , the Divine Saviour would have used , had not the duty been moral . But you see the contrary . He takes it for granted that they would fast , and specifies the method of ...
Page 165
... an argument against it . If the duty be moral , then it will follow , that they do sin who neglect it , and are never concerned religiously to observe it . It is an open violation of an express command , The Morality of Fasting . 165.
... an argument against it . If the duty be moral , then it will follow , that they do sin who neglect it , and are never concerned religiously to observe it . It is an open violation of an express command , The Morality of Fasting . 165.
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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...