The Works...: With a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Volume 5G. Cowie and Company, 1837 |
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... motives , or by dint of habit ; but , without seriousness , there can be no religious prin- ciple at the bottom , no course of conduct flowing from religious motives ; in a word , there can be no religion . This cannot exist without ...
... motives , or by dint of habit ; but , without seriousness , there can be no religious prin- ciple at the bottom , no course of conduct flowing from religious motives ; in a word , there can be no religion . This cannot exist without ...
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... motives , yet , at the same time , without this taste and relish of which we are speaking . Religion has no savour for them . I do not allude to the case of those who attend upon the public worship of the church , or of their communion ...
... motives , yet , at the same time , without this taste and relish of which we are speaking . Religion has no savour for them . I do not allude to the case of those who attend upon the public worship of the church , or of their communion ...
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... motives of religion ) , yet without any taste or relish for religious exercise itself . That is the case I am considering . It is not for us to presume to speak harshly of any con- duct which proceeds in any manner from a regard to God ...
... motives of religion ) , yet without any taste or relish for religious exercise itself . That is the case I am considering . It is not for us to presume to speak harshly of any con- duct which proceeds in any manner from a regard to God ...
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... motives , or refraining from a single thing they like to do out of the fear of displeasing him . So , again , every time we hear the third service at church , we pray that God would in- cline our hearts to keep his commandments ; yet im ...
... motives , or refraining from a single thing they like to do out of the fear of displeasing him . So , again , every time we hear the third service at church , we pray that God would in- cline our hearts to keep his commandments ; yet im ...
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... motive of human action is the love of God . There may be motives stronger and more general , but none so pure . The religion , the virtue , which owes its birth in the soul to this motive , is always genuine religion , always true ...
... motive of human action is the love of God . There may be motives stronger and more general , but none so pure . The religion , the virtue , which owes its birth in the soul to this motive , is always genuine religion , always true ...
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Page 140 - Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
Page 175 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Page 407 - And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand ''talents. ^But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 115 - Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Page 408 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, 'Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?' 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, 'Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. * For 34 chapter 9: 43 the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 89 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks and thy herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee (for yet there are five years of famine), lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Page 130 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 412 - And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness : for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Page 410 - And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Page 227 - Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you : and unto you that hear shall more be given. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.