The works of William Paley, Volume 5W. Baynes ... [et. al.], 1823 |
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... exercises . I use two terms ; " absence " and " disuse . " Some have never attended upon any religious ordinances , or practised any religious exercises , since the time they were born : some a very few times in their lives . With these ...
... exercises . I use two terms ; " absence " and " disuse . " Some have never attended upon any religious ordinances , or practised any religious exercises , since the time they were born : some a very few times in their lives . With these ...
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William Paley. nances and exercises . But I must also explain what I mean by " religious ordinances and exercises . " By " religious ordinances " I mean the being in- structed in our catechism in our youth , attending upon public worship ...
William Paley. nances and exercises . But I must also explain what I mean by " religious ordinances and exercises . " By " religious ordinances " I mean the being in- structed in our catechism in our youth , attending upon public worship ...
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... exercises . " By the term religious " exercises ” I in particular mean private prayer ; whether it be at set times , as in the morning and evening of each day , or whether it be called forth by occasions , as when we are to form some ...
... exercises . " By the term religious " exercises ” I in particular mean private prayer ; whether it be at set times , as in the morning and evening of each day , or whether it be called forth by occasions , as when we are to form some ...
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... exercise . Religious meditation still more so ; and more so for this reason , that it implies and in- cludes that most important duty self - examination ; for I hold it to be next to impossible for a man to meditate upon religion ...
... exercise . Religious meditation still more so ; and more so for this reason , that it implies and in- cludes that most important duty self - examination ; for I hold it to be next to impossible for a man to meditate upon religion ...
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... exercises and meditations , with the hours which the thoughtless and irreligious spend in idleness and vice and expensive diversions , and you will perceive on which side of the comparison the MOST INDISPENSABLE . 11.
... exercises and meditations , with the hours which the thoughtless and irreligious spend in idleness and vice and expensive diversions , and you will perceive on which side of the comparison the MOST INDISPENSABLE . 11.
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Page 273 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Page 109 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 179 - For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
Page 119 - Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world ! This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me : for he was before me.
Page 192 - Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared...
Page 96 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery : But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Page 86 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 120 - Then Jesus, answering, said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard ; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Page 78 - And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt...
Page 187 - And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you ; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh : That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them : and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.