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John Newton. even prayers , fastings , and other external acts may be com- mended ; but to live godly in Christ Jesus ... act un- restrained by human laws ) , are employed for the same ends and purposes , which , in other countries , are ...
John Newton. even prayers , fastings , and other external acts may be com- mended ; but to live godly in Christ Jesus ... act un- restrained by human laws ) , are employed for the same ends and purposes , which , in other countries , are ...
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... Acts , xxvii . 42. The soldiers would have killed all the prisoners , right or wrong , rather than one of them should have a possibility of escaping and in this , without doubt , they consulted their own safety , and the spirit of their ...
... Acts , xxvii . 42. The soldiers would have killed all the prisoners , right or wrong , rather than one of them should have a possibility of escaping and in this , without doubt , they consulted their own safety , and the spirit of their ...
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... act up to their own princi- ples , when they most needed their support * . A still more affecting view of the degeneracy of hu- man nature we have in the history of the Israelites , whom God was pleased to set apart from the rest of ...
... act up to their own princi- ples , when they most needed their support * . A still more affecting view of the degeneracy of hu- man nature we have in the history of the Israelites , whom God was pleased to set apart from the rest of ...
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... act contrary to present duty , to please themselves with imagining , how well they would have behaved in another situation , or a different age . They think it a mark of virtue to condemn the wickedness of former times , not aware that ...
... act contrary to present duty , to please themselves with imagining , how well they would have behaved in another situation , or a different age . They think it a mark of virtue to condemn the wickedness of former times , not aware that ...
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... Acts , xxiii . 8 . That the Sadducees received only the law of Moses , is the gene- ral opinion ; though , I do not say , that it has been either indubitably proved , or universally held . That they put their own sense upon the ...
... Acts , xxiii . 8 . That the Sadducees received only the law of Moses , is the gene- ral opinion ; though , I do not say , that it has been either indubitably proved , or universally held . That they put their own sense upon the ...
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Page 165 - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 54 - That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed...
Page 222 - But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
Page 45 - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.
Page 265 - For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Page 587 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 621 - It can bring with it nothing But he will bear us through : Who gives the lilies clothing Will clothe his people too : Beneath the spreading heavens No creature but is fed ; And he who feeds the ravens Will give his children bread.
Page 60 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Page 509 - Here may we prove the power of prayer To strengthen faith, and sweeten care, To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all Heaven before our eyes...
Page 437 - Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought ; Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I his, or am I not ? 2 If I love, why am I thus?