A practical commentary on the first Epistle of st. Peter, abridged by C. Bradley |
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... less voluminous and conse- quently more accessible . The style has been seldom altered , the sentiments never ; so that the reader of these pages may be satisfied , that he has always before him the real opinions of the author expressed ...
... less voluminous and conse- quently more accessible . The style has been seldom altered , the sentiments never ; so that the reader of these pages may be satisfied , that he has always before him the real opinions of the author expressed ...
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... less danger of multitudes of hypocrites , which , as vermin in summer , breed most in the time of the Church's prospe- rity . From the dissimilitude betwixt our churches and those , we may make this use of reproof , that if an ...
... less danger of multitudes of hypocrites , which , as vermin in summer , breed most in the time of the Church's prospe- rity . From the dissimilitude betwixt our churches and those , we may make this use of reproof , that if an ...
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... less be of value to counterpoise the former guilt of sin . The very tears of the purest repentance , unless they be sprinkled with this blood , are impure ; all our washings without this , are but washings of the blackmoor , it is labor ...
... less be of value to counterpoise the former guilt of sin . The very tears of the purest repentance , unless they be sprinkled with this blood , are impure ; all our washings without this , are but washings of the blackmoor , it is labor ...
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... less necessary to salvation , than if it were the meriting cause of it it is as inseparably tied to it in the purpose of God ; and in the order of performance , godliness is as certainly before salvation , as if salvation did wholly and ...
... less necessary to salvation , than if it were the meriting cause of it it is as inseparably tied to it in the purpose of God ; and in the order of performance , godliness is as certainly before salvation , as if salvation did wholly and ...
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... less than nothing ; but love will stammer , rather than be dumb . They who are amongst his children , begotten again , have , in the resurrection of Christ , a lively hope of glory ; Christ in you , the hope of glory . This leads them ...
... less than nothing ; but love will stammer , rather than be dumb . They who are amongst his children , begotten again , have , in the resurrection of Christ , a lively hope of glory ; Christ in you , the hope of glory . This leads them ...
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Page 328 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: " let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 65 - Whom having not seen, ye love : in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory : 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Page 499 - If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth : that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 399 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 517 - 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 539 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility, for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 250 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 137 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Page 73 - Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Page 41 - And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.