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... reason to rejoice and to praise Him ; their neighbours and friends should rejoice with them ; but still they should remember the importance of that duty for which they are called together . To the parents GOD has committed of the care ...
... reason to rejoice and to praise Him ; their neighbours and friends should rejoice with them ; but still they should remember the importance of that duty for which they are called together . To the parents GOD has committed of the care ...
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... reason of this strange and shameful neglect of such an easy command , in those from whom better things might be hoped , is commonly some mistaken notion of this holy sacrament ; and in order to remove such mistakes , I will lay before ...
... reason of this strange and shameful neglect of such an easy command , in those from whom better things might be hoped , is commonly some mistaken notion of this holy sacrament ; and in order to remove such mistakes , I will lay before ...
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... so all mankind are bound to observe a sabbath - day . We have every reason to believe that tчere never was a time when good * 1 Cor . ii . 9. + Psalm lxxxiv . 2. ↑ Gen. ii . 3 . C men did not dedicate one day in seven to [ 70 ]
... so all mankind are bound to observe a sabbath - day . We have every reason to believe that tчere never was a time when good * 1 Cor . ii . 9. + Psalm lxxxiv . 2. ↑ Gen. ii . 3 . C men did not dedicate one day in seven to [ 70 ]
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... reason to rejoice in that day affords , and by which they are prevented from sinking under constant and excessive labour . But secondly , if we consider the LORD's day as the season of religious improvement , we shall know how much reason ...
... reason to rejoice in that day affords , and by which they are prevented from sinking under constant and excessive labour . But secondly , if we consider the LORD's day as the season of religious improvement , we shall know how much reason ...
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... reasons for so doing are such as he would not be ashamed to allege at the day of judgment . Families may be so ordered , that every one may go to church by turns ; and if there be any service where this is not allowed , I should advise ...
... reasons for so doing are such as he would not be ashamed to allege at the day of judgment . Families may be so ordered , that every one may go to church by turns ; and if there be any service where this is not allowed , I should advise ...
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Page 50 - And he took bread, and • gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you : This do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Page 241 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 205 - And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was of a great age, and had lived with an...
Page 240 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, (of whom the world was not worthy,) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth.
Page 99 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Page 189 - Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
Page 59 - To examine themselves,' whether they repent them truly of their former sins, stedfastly purposing to lead a new life ; have a lively Faith in God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of His death; and be in charity with all men.
Page 46 - For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 156 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 199 - The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.