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... Phil . I THINK it very long until my neighbours , whom I have bidden to this my Christmas banquet , do come . For I would be glad , that , before we feed our hungry bodies , we should sustain and feed also our hungry souls , which do no ...
... Phil . I THINK it very long until my neighbours , whom I have bidden to this my Christmas banquet , do come . For I would be glad , that , before we feed our hungry bodies , we should sustain and feed also our hungry souls , which do no ...
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... Phil . Herein is graven the saying of Christ : " Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdom of God . " This is to admo- nish us , that we should not have all our pleasure in eating , drinking , and banqueting , after the manner of ...
... Phil . Herein is graven the saying of Christ : " Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdom of God . " This is to admo- nish us , that we should not have all our pleasure in eating , drinking , and banqueting , after the manner of ...
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... Phil . Brother Eusebius , I am not only not grieved with you , but also very glad that these my devices have in any point pleased your mind . Eus . I pray you , what is it that your chairs and stools have carved on them ? Phil . A ...
... Phil . Brother Eusebius , I am not only not grieved with you , but also very glad that these my devices have in any point pleased your mind . Eus . I pray you , what is it that your chairs and stools have carved on them ? Phil . A ...
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... Phil . They express this sentence of St Paul : " The temple of God is holy , which you are . " This putteth us in remembrance , in whatsoever part of the house we go , that we should so keep our hearts clean from the infection of mortal ...
... Phil . They express this sentence of St Paul : " The temple of God is holy , which you are . " This putteth us in remembrance , in whatsoever part of the house we go , that we should so keep our hearts clean from the infection of mortal ...
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... Phil . It is not unknown to you , neighbours , that I did bid you unto a Christmas banquet , and very friendly ye are come to me . Now , that it might be a Christmas banquet indeed , I was minded not only to provide meat for your bodies ...
... Phil . It is not unknown to you , neighbours , that I did bid you unto a Christmas banquet , and very friendly ye are come to me . Now , that it might be a Christmas banquet indeed , I was minded not only to provide meat for your bodies ...
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Page 14 - Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Page 367 - And the Lord said unto Moses, "The man shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp." And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the Lord commanded Moses.
Page 462 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you : but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 18 - That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world...
Page 26 - Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us : and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Page 432 - I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Page 472 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Page 14 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men, for I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 420 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus : and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Page 344 - 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.