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... kind of dignified feverity of con- duct might be requifite , there was cause to apprehend a failure . He had his mif- givings , but they were overcome by the encouragement and importunity of friends ; and the offered fituation was in ...
... kind of dignified feverity of con- duct might be requifite , there was cause to apprehend a failure . He had his mif- givings , but they were overcome by the encouragement and importunity of friends ; and the offered fituation was in ...
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... kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself , is not puffed up ; doth not behave itself unfeemly ; feeketh not her own ; is not eafily provoked ; thinketh no evil p . 151 Characters of Charity . 1 COR . xiii . 6—8 . Charity ...
... kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself , is not puffed up ; doth not behave itself unfeemly ; feeketh not her own ; is not eafily provoked ; thinketh no evil p . 151 Characters of Charity . 1 COR . xiii . 6—8 . Charity ...
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... hand join in hand , the wicked shall not go unpunished . If the worst of men are under fome kind of restraint in the presence of perfons emi- 6 nent • nent for wisdom and goodnefs , what a powerful 16 On the Omniprefence of God .
... hand join in hand , the wicked shall not go unpunished . If the worst of men are under fome kind of restraint in the presence of perfons emi- 6 nent • nent for wisdom and goodnefs , what a powerful 16 On the Omniprefence of God .
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... kind , as if he were to fpeak to them by an audible voice from heaven . And , fince , in these communications , the Deity must neceffarily be either true and faith- ful , or otherwife , we have fufficient ground for at least conceiving ...
... kind , as if he were to fpeak to them by an audible voice from heaven . And , fince , in these communications , the Deity must neceffarily be either true and faith- ful , or otherwife , we have fufficient ground for at least conceiving ...
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... kind of falfehood and diffimulation ; faith- fully execute every trust ; strictly adhere to our engagements ; and , in all things , obey that eternal law of truth which is the rule by which the actions of all good beings , even of God ...
... kind of falfehood and diffimulation ; faith- fully execute every trust ; strictly adhere to our engagements ; and , in all things , obey that eternal law of truth which is the rule by which the actions of all good beings , even of God ...
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Page 19 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page xlvii - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, according as God- hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 241 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 252 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 32 - He will not only pardon, but pardon abundantly: for his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways.
Page 40 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds ; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him...
Page 6 - Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there ; if I make my bed in the grave, behold, Thou art there.
Page 53 - With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
Page 346 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 31 - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations...