The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface, Volume 7J. Mawman, 1824 |
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... , to be productive of pure morals , warm devotion , diffusive charity , and the strongest attachment to the Christian re- ligion . I had seen , if the human eye can presume to judge , the most unshaken faith among the poor viii PREFACE .
... , to be productive of pure morals , warm devotion , diffusive charity , and the strongest attachment to the Christian re- ligion . I had seen , if the human eye can presume to judge , the most unshaken faith among the poor viii PREFACE .
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... poor , to whom the Gospel was preached by men , poor themselves , and scarcely better furnished with human learning , than the fishermen of Galilee . The Holy Spirit's energy was their favourite doctrine , a doc- trine no less sublime ...
... poor , to whom the Gospel was preached by men , poor themselves , and scarcely better furnished with human learning , than the fishermen of Galilee . The Holy Spirit's energy was their favourite doctrine , a doc- trine no less sublime ...
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... poor , to many of whom any plausible opinion in print bears the stamp of authority . At the same time , it must be lamented that there are treatises of a higher order , on the side of infidelity , which come recommended to the superior ...
... poor , to many of whom any plausible opinion in print bears the stamp of authority . At the same time , it must be lamented that there are treatises of a higher order , on the side of infidelity , which come recommended to the superior ...
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... poor , the great multitude to whom the gospel was particularly preached . They are scarcely intelligible but to scholars in their closets , and while they amuse , perhaps , without convincing the understanding , they leave the most ...
... poor , the great multitude to whom the gospel was particularly preached . They are scarcely intelligible but to scholars in their closets , and while they amuse , perhaps , without convincing the understanding , they leave the most ...
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... poor , frail , sinful mortal , sitting a self - appointed judge , and like a lawyer in a human court of judica- ture , arraigning Jesus Christ , the Lord of life . A venal solicitor might thus have questioned the two thieves that were ...
... poor , frail , sinful mortal , sitting a self - appointed judge , and like a lawyer in a human court of judica- ture , arraigning Jesus Christ , the Lord of life . A venal solicitor might thus have questioned the two thieves that were ...
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Page 429 - And they understood none of these things : and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Page 122 - No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Page 365 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 108 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 454 - We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory, O LORD GOD, heavenly KING, GOD the FATHER Almighty.
Page 45 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 300 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 219 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Page 325 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Page 212 - For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.