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... received in which the goodness and justice of God are most manifestly displayed . Christianity may be studied , and its value esti- mated , first , as it is a spiritual and regenerative sys- tem ; and secondly , as it operates on the ...
... received in which the goodness and justice of God are most manifestly displayed . Christianity may be studied , and its value esti- mated , first , as it is a spiritual and regenerative sys- tem ; and secondly , as it operates on the ...
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... receive of the divine attri- butes and counsels . Our religion is a system of mysteries ; and he who should determine to spend his life in the in- vestigation of the abstrusest principles of nature , would have a far better hope of ...
... receive of the divine attri- butes and counsels . Our religion is a system of mysteries ; and he who should determine to spend his life in the in- vestigation of the abstrusest principles of nature , would have a far better hope of ...
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... receive so much of its light as the nature of our vision allows ; and thus the fullest manifestation of its glory , the opening of its living fountains to their very depths , —would not enable us to penetrate the veil which the very ...
... receive so much of its light as the nature of our vision allows ; and thus the fullest manifestation of its glory , the opening of its living fountains to their very depths , —would not enable us to penetrate the veil which the very ...
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... receive it . On both these accounts , a religion like Christianity involves the recognition of spiritual helps , as necessary to its proper reception ; and a reason is at once found for those frequent and strong declarations in which ...
... receive it . On both these accounts , a religion like Christianity involves the recognition of spiritual helps , as necessary to its proper reception ; and a reason is at once found for those frequent and strong declarations in which ...
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... receive , because it seeth him not , neither knoweth him . ' And the infinite import- ance of this promise is most strikingly demon- strated by the fact , that its fulfilment was the highest step in that climax of mysteries and mer ...
... receive , because it seeth him not , neither knoweth him . ' And the infinite import- ance of this promise is most strikingly demon- strated by the fact , that its fulfilment was the highest step in that climax of mysteries and mer ...
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Page 112 - No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Page 39 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 304 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 14 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree ; him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Page 80 - Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Page 125 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 193 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 222 - A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep...
Page 274 - Let thy Fatherly hand, we beseech thee, ever be over them : Let thy HOLY SPIRIT ever be with them : and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting life...
Page 246 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.