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... illustrations fall far short of the misery of a mind on which has dawned the true conception of the nobleness of human life , the lofty ideal of moral greatness in Christ Jesus , whilst yet its own life is one of selfishness and sin ...
... illustrations fall far short of the misery of a mind on which has dawned the true conception of the nobleness of human life , the lofty ideal of moral greatness in Christ Jesus , whilst yet its own life is one of selfishness and sin ...
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... illustration of the truth ! But be your gifts of reason what they may , to you , as capable of knowing it - as bound to receive it , the gospel appeals . Open your heart to it - yield up your spirit to its blessed teachings - pray for ...
... illustration of the truth ! But be your gifts of reason what they may , to you , as capable of knowing it - as bound to receive it , the gospel appeals . Open your heart to it - yield up your spirit to its blessed teachings - pray for ...
Page 76
... apparent Arbitrari- ness , of the work of the Spirit of God in regene- ration , is another of those difficulties connected with this doctrine to which the illustration of the text seems to point . It is this to which 76 SERMON III .
... apparent Arbitrari- ness , of the work of the Spirit of God in regene- ration , is another of those difficulties connected with this doctrine to which the illustration of the text seems to point . It is this to which 76 SERMON III .
Page 80
... illustration it will need little reflection to perceive . For what so fitful , wayward , incalculable , as the operations of the wind ? Who can for a single hour foresee , or with certainty pronounce , what its course will be ...
... illustration it will need little reflection to perceive . For what so fitful , wayward , incalculable , as the operations of the wind ? Who can for a single hour foresee , or with certainty pronounce , what its course will be ...
Page 82
... illustration in the text may suggest to us this further thought , that the arbitrariness which characterises the Spirit's work is , after all , only apparent , and that , beneath seeming irregu- larity , there is real and unvarying law ...
... illustration in the text may suggest to us this further thought , that the arbitrariness which characterises the Spirit's work is , after all , only apparent , and that , beneath seeming irregu- larity , there is real and unvarying law ...
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Page 229 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Page 143 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death...
Page 102 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 251 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 265 - And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality...