Letters Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle, Volumes 1-2 |
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... Old and New Testament ; and in order to keep up the force of the impression , that we recal it frequently to our remem- brance , particularly before and after the performance of any action that is not of a nature morally indifferent ...
... Old and New Testament ; and in order to keep up the force of the impression , that we recal it frequently to our remem- brance , particularly before and after the performance of any action that is not of a nature morally indifferent ...
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Elizabeth Hamilton. - into the covenant the deliberate act of their own free will The astonishing display of the ... Old Testament of great im- portance towards forming distinct views of the Christian dispensation The truths communi ...
Elizabeth Hamilton. - into the covenant the deliberate act of their own free will The astonishing display of the ... Old Testament of great im- portance towards forming distinct views of the Christian dispensation The truths communi ...
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... Old Testament we learn , that while it pleased our heavenly Father to discontinue all immediate and perceptible communi- cation of his will to the rest of the inhabitants of the earth , he perpe- tuated the knowledge of himself , by a ...
... Old Testament we learn , that while it pleased our heavenly Father to discontinue all immediate and perceptible communi- cation of his will to the rest of the inhabitants of the earth , he perpe- tuated the knowledge of himself , by a ...
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... Old Testament is still read by appointment every day , I believe there are many who think that a knowledge of Old Testament history is entirely superfluous , and that it has in reality nothing to do with Christianity . I said many who ...
... Old Testament is still read by appointment every day , I believe there are many who think that a knowledge of Old Testament history is entirely superfluous , and that it has in reality nothing to do with Christianity . I said many who ...
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... Old Testament were written by persons of very different stations and situations , and in diffe- rent ages , and yet they .as perfectly unite in carrying on the main design of Scripture history unite ( 88 )
... Old Testament were written by persons of very different stations and situations , and in diffe- rent ages , and yet they .as perfectly unite in carrying on the main design of Scripture history unite ( 88 )
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Page 248 - Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble ; every man's work shall be made manifest ; for the day shall declare it ; because it shall be revealed by fire ; and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is.
Page 94 - 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 46 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Page 49 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 57 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 47 - O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 168 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 128 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, And the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 198 - But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant...
Page 56 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.