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... light burden " of the Saviour of the world . St. Paul , in his epistle to the Romans , is very full upon this head , thus , ( vi . 3 , ) " Know ye not , " writes he , addressing himself to those who had recently received the gospel ...
... light burden " of the Saviour of the world . St. Paul , in his epistle to the Romans , is very full upon this head , thus , ( vi . 3 , ) " Know ye not , " writes he , addressing himself to those who had recently received the gospel ...
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... light moment . I approach the temple of the Almighty ; I stand , as it were , in the im- mediate presence of my Creator ; on such a spot , associated with every serious and affecting thought , I hear myself solemnly adjured to declare ...
... light moment . I approach the temple of the Almighty ; I stand , as it were , in the im- mediate presence of my Creator ; on such a spot , associated with every serious and affecting thought , I hear myself solemnly adjured to declare ...
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... light and trivial ? a penalty which may be evaded ? a sentence which can be recalled ? It is to stand a criminal before the tribunal of the Most High - it is eternal condemnation - it is to pass into that fearful state of existence ...
... light and trivial ? a penalty which may be evaded ? a sentence which can be recalled ? It is to stand a criminal before the tribunal of the Most High - it is eternal condemnation - it is to pass into that fearful state of existence ...
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... the utility , or even of the necessity , of some rules for moral observance , man , by the light of nature , that is to say , by the pri- mary revelation of the will of God , made in the instant that the shapeless dust assumed an animate.
... the utility , or even of the necessity , of some rules for moral observance , man , by the light of nature , that is to say , by the pri- mary revelation of the will of God , made in the instant that the shapeless dust assumed an animate.
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... health ? Where the blind whose darkness he had made light ? Where the lame who had received strength ? Where the poor whose labours he had cheered , and whom in his spirit he had blessed ? Were none FEAST OF PENTECOST . 77.
... health ? Where the blind whose darkness he had made light ? Where the lame who had received strength ? Where the poor whose labours he had cheered , and whom in his spirit he had blessed ? Were none FEAST OF PENTECOST . 77.
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Page 133 - Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 126 - They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick ; but go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice : for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Page 47 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Page 69 - And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
Page 133 - Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 144 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 11 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 133 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 140 - O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal ; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Page 21 - Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other Gods whom ye know not; and come and 'stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes?