The Christian Observer, Volume 14, Issue 1W. Wells and T. B. Wait, 1815 |
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... practice . We are taught by the word of God to struggle with nature ; and we ought to consider , that the deeper the root of any fault lies , the more strenuous ought to be our endeavours to eradicate it . But where the fault is of such ...
... practice . We are taught by the word of God to struggle with nature ; and we ought to consider , that the deeper the root of any fault lies , the more strenuous ought to be our endeavours to eradicate it . But where the fault is of such ...
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... practice these two doctrines . ” " If either doctrine had been revealed in Scripture without the other , it is evident there would have been a set of duties on the part of man in some measure different from what are now required of him ...
... practice these two doctrines . ” " If either doctrine had been revealed in Scripture without the other , it is evident there would have been a set of duties on the part of man in some measure different from what are now required of him ...
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... practice : he partakes of a Divine nature , and those members which were formerly the servants of sin are now employed as instruments of righteousness unto God . This is real godliness : this is what is profitable unto all things ...
... practice : he partakes of a Divine nature , and those members which were formerly the servants of sin are now employed as instruments of righteousness unto God . This is real godliness : this is what is profitable unto all things ...
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... practice of modern times is different . The historian now commonly conveys his own judgment on that which he records : he intersperses reflections : he displays himself as well as bis subject . This plainness of the ancient writers may ...
... practice of modern times is different . The historian now commonly conveys his own judgment on that which he records : he intersperses reflections : he displays himself as well as bis subject . This plainness of the ancient writers may ...
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... practice physic or surgery , or to purchase land ; and their children were often taken from them , to be educated in the Catholic faith . The Vaudois inhabit the three Valleys of Lazerne , La Perouse , and St. Martin , containing ...
... practice physic or surgery , or to purchase land ; and their children were often taken from them , to be educated in the Catholic faith . The Vaudois inhabit the three Valleys of Lazerne , La Perouse , and St. Martin , containing ...
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Page 163 - For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 288 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ : according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love : having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will...
Page 127 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another ; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 148 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 106 - When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 221 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
Page 120 - Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.
Page 219 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 134 - We meekly beseech Thee, O FATHER, to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness ; that, when we shall depart this life, we may rest in Him, as our hope is this our brother doth...
Page 287 - For by grace are ye saved through faith ; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.