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... temptation . It is devilish to sin without a temptation , it is little less than devilish to sin on a little occasion ; * the less the temptation is to sin , the greater is that sin ; Saul's sin in not staying for Samuel , was not so ...
... temptation . It is devilish to sin without a temptation , it is little less than devilish to sin on a little occasion ; * the less the temptation is to sin , the greater is that sin ; Saul's sin in not staying for Samuel , was not so ...
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... temptations , that may I have known a good man , said Bernard , who when he had heard of any that had committed some notorious sin , was wont to say with himself , " He fell to - day , I may fall to - morrow . " occasion them to fall ...
... temptations , that may I have known a good man , said Bernard , who when he had heard of any that had committed some notorious sin , was wont to say with himself , " He fell to - day , I may fall to - morrow . " occasion them to fall ...
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... temptation , ' is all one as to thrust thy finger into the fire , and then to pray that it may not be burnt . So in Prov . iv . 15 . Enter not in the path of the wicked , and go not in the way of evil men ; avoid it , and pass not by it ...
... temptation , ' is all one as to thrust thy finger into the fire , and then to pray that it may not be burnt . So in Prov . iv . 15 . Enter not in the path of the wicked , and go not in the way of evil men ; avoid it , and pass not by it ...
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... temptation , we cannot be secure : he that hath gunpowder about him , had need keep far enough off from sparks ; to ... tempted , vanquished as assaulted , when you have played with the occasions of sin ; as you would for the future be ...
... temptation , we cannot be secure : he that hath gunpowder about him , had need keep far enough off from sparks ; to ... tempted , vanquished as assaulted , when you have played with the occasions of sin ; as you would for the future be ...
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... temptation you may see his fortitude , justice , temperance , and prudence , in that he shuns the occasion , ( for he would not so much as be with her ) . And such is man , that in temptation he wants but a tap to give vent to the ...
... temptation you may see his fortitude , justice , temperance , and prudence , in that he shuns the occasion , ( for he would not so much as be with her ) . And such is man , that in temptation he wants but a tap to give vent to the ...
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Page 41 - For God speaketh once, Yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he my withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Page 96 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Page 154 - Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Page 227 - And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you, as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Page 52 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 193 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Page 88 - I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; Because thou didst it Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Page 154 - God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Page 143 - What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?" Then answered I them, and said unto them, "The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build : but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Page 115 - Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men ; that I might leave my people, and go from them ! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.