The aged minister's last legacy to the New church, signified by the New Jerusalem in the Apocalypse. To which is prefixed A memoir of the author, by E. Madeley1854 |
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Page ix
... consider the writings he had pre- viously despised . He began to read The Universal Theology , and as he proceeded from chapter to chapter , day by day , he found his old mistaken and gloomy notions of religion gradually giving way ...
... consider the writings he had pre- viously despised . He began to read The Universal Theology , and as he proceeded from chapter to chapter , day by day , he found his old mistaken and gloomy notions of religion gradually giving way ...
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... consider these great and glorious purposes , and that they cannot be effected but as , through the Divine aid , we co - operate with the LORD in opposing every evil , dying to self , with all its impure loves and concupiscences ...
... consider these great and glorious purposes , and that they cannot be effected but as , through the Divine aid , we co - operate with the LORD in opposing every evil , dying to self , with all its impure loves and concupiscences ...
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... consider in any higher light than a faithful , humble , and illuminated writer and servant of Jesus Christ as such we receive his message . Thus also , we believe what is delivered by the Prophets and Evangelists , but it is not the men ...
... consider in any higher light than a faithful , humble , and illuminated writer and servant of Jesus Christ as such we receive his message . Thus also , we believe what is delivered by the Prophets and Evangelists , but it is not the men ...
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... consider the sacredness of his office , the nature of his duties , —the extent of his labours , -the importance of his uses , with the con- sequences which attend them ; the solemn account he will have to give before the supreme head of ...
... consider the sacredness of his office , the nature of his duties , —the extent of his labours , -the importance of his uses , with the con- sequences which attend them ; the solemn account he will have to give before the supreme head of ...
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... consider first what the doctrine delivers us from ; and next what divine subjects it opens to our understandings , and brings home to our hearts . This doctrine not only removes from the mind the unscrip- * N . J. Doctrine , 318 . tural ...
... consider first what the doctrine delivers us from ; and next what divine subjects it opens to our understandings , and brings home to our hearts . This doctrine not only removes from the mind the unscrip- * N . J. Doctrine , 318 . tural ...
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Page 19 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Page 141 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 178 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 130 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 141 - The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Page 20 - O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Page 151 - Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Page 114 - For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Page 40 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him ; Sit thou here in a good place...
Page 151 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.