Essays to Do GoodChalmers and Collins, 1825 - 214 Seiten |
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... whole charac- ter one undivided tribute of homage and obedience to the authority of God . So true is it , in the quaint language of MATHER , that " the first born of all devices to do good , is in being born again . " In the conduct of ...
... whole charac- ter one undivided tribute of homage and obedience to the authority of God . So true is it , in the quaint language of MATHER , that " the first born of all devices to do good , is in being born again . " In the conduct of ...
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... whole strain of the Scriptures corresponds on this point with the example of Christ . Their great and uniform design is to make us holy . They therefore hold out sin , as in every form and in every degrec , at all times and in all ...
... whole strain of the Scriptures corresponds on this point with the example of Christ . Their great and uniform design is to make us holy . They therefore hold out sin , as in every form and in every degrec , at all times and in all ...
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... whole , little perceptible good was effected , in com- parison of what his dispositions induced him to at- tempt , and his capabilities and enterprizes would have led us to anticipate ! Now , to provide against such distressing failures ...
... whole , little perceptible good was effected , in com- parison of what his dispositions induced him to at- tempt , and his capabilities and enterprizes would have led us to anticipate ! Now , to provide against such distressing failures ...
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... whole course of his merciful and generous enterprise , you will find every one of them marked by a wise and premeditated adaptation to the great purposes which his mission was intended to subserve . He always did what was best fitted ...
... whole course of his merciful and generous enterprise , you will find every one of them marked by a wise and premeditated adaptation to the great purposes which his mission was intended to subserve . He always did what was best fitted ...
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... whole range of our charities , spiritual and temporal , the maxims of a rational as well as a liberal policy . To persons of this description we the conduct of the Saviour , as justify- may hold up ing what they are so apt to condemn ...
... whole range of our charities , spiritual and temporal , the maxims of a rational as well as a liberal policy . To persons of this description we the conduct of the Saviour , as justify- may hold up ing what they are so apt to condemn ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 137 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Seite 191 - O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift up my face unto Thee, my God ; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Seite 205 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Seite 60 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Seite 139 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the. tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Seite 163 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Seite 155 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Seite 142 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Seite 150 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Seite xiii - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.