The Quarterly Christian SpectatorA. H. Maltby, 1829 - Theology |
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... hand that wields it , becomes the means of its own fulfilment . Actual events which should prove the gospel to be a cause of immediate influence on the minds of men , would be looked at with the amazement due only to the distant wonders ...
... hand that wields it , becomes the means of its own fulfilment . Actual events which should prove the gospel to be a cause of immediate influence on the minds of men , would be looked at with the amazement due only to the distant wonders ...
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... hand , and now to be accomplished . However easy sinners may account the performance of the duty , when they shall be ready to devote to it the requisite time , in a protracted , gradual , well - directed process of preparation , yet ...
... hand , and now to be accomplished . However easy sinners may account the performance of the duty , when they shall be ready to devote to it the requisite time , in a protracted , gradual , well - directed process of preparation , yet ...
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... hand , there are those , whose views of human depravity , though equally humiliating , are such as to present no embarrassments in urging these requisitions upon the sinner , as the commandment of the everlasting God , and as the most ...
... hand , there are those , whose views of human depravity , though equally humiliating , are such as to present no embarrassments in urging these requisitions upon the sinner , as the commandment of the everlasting God , and as the most ...
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... hand , nor that the world is loved supremely on the other , which prompts this employ- ment of the thoughts ; for they are thus employed for the very purpose of making this choice , i . e . for the very purpose of taking by an act of ...
... hand , nor that the world is loved supremely on the other , which prompts this employ- ment of the thoughts ; for they are thus employed for the very purpose of making this choice , i . e . for the very purpose of taking by an act of ...
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... hand and exposure to it on the other , as the only objects of choice which the case involves , will doubtless result in a preference of the former ; and this preference will , with equal certainty , prompt to those acts which he may ...
... hand and exposure to it on the other , as the only objects of choice which the case involves , will doubtless result in a preference of the former ; and this preference will , with equal certainty , prompt to those acts which he may ...
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Page 90 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 90 - I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel: we shall be divided by our little partial local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a byword down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest.
Page 154 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them.
Page 138 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 103 - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Page 90 - In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible uf danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the divine protection ! Our prayers, sir, were heard ; — and they were graciously answered.
Page 89 - We have gone back to ancient history for models of government, and examined the different forms of those republics, which, having been originally formed with the seeds of their own dissolution, now no longer exist ; and we have viewed modern states all round Europe, but find none of their constitutions suitable to our circumstances.
Page 305 - tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon: Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.
Page 79 - It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 272 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...