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... fire will destroy . If it be genuine gold , it must still pass through the fire . For the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is . Thy filthiness is so abominable , ' it is said in Ezekiel xxiv . 13 , that although I have ...
... fire will destroy . If it be genuine gold , it must still pass through the fire . For the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is . Thy filthiness is so abominable , ' it is said in Ezekiel xxiv . 13 , that although I have ...
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... fire . For even as love attracts that to it which is like itself ; so also it violently rejects that which is unlike . Hence Jesus also , on the day of final judgment , will say , Depart from me , ye evil doers ; I never knew you ...
... fire . For even as love attracts that to it which is like itself ; so also it violently rejects that which is unlike . Hence Jesus also , on the day of final judgment , will say , Depart from me , ye evil doers ; I never knew you ...
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... fire goes forward or rests . ' What is thy name ? ' Was the Lord ignorant of it ? and if not , why did he ask , and appear as if he knew it not ? We may well ask , " Why does the Lord often seem to renounce his own attributes , and ...
... fire goes forward or rests . ' What is thy name ? ' Was the Lord ignorant of it ? and if not , why did he ask , and appear as if he knew it not ? We may well ask , " Why does the Lord often seem to renounce his own attributes , and ...
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... fire , sword , mar- tyrdom , imprisonment , and death , are called forth to see whether defenceless sheep cannot be destroyed . Whole hosts of wolves attack them ; and what do they accomplish ? Nothing ; except that they prove the ...
... fire , sword , mar- tyrdom , imprisonment , and death , are called forth to see whether defenceless sheep cannot be destroyed . Whole hosts of wolves attack them ; and what do they accomplish ? Nothing ; except that they prove the ...
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... , sentiments and pursuits , which have hitherto appeared correct and good , begin to disturb us ; and we feel an inward gnawing , like the worm that dieth not , and the fire that is not quenched . Then we 17 SERMON I. 189 9 ...
... , sentiments and pursuits , which have hitherto appeared correct and good , begin to disturb us ; and we feel an inward gnawing , like the worm that dieth not , and the fire that is not quenched . Then we 17 SERMON I. 189 9 ...
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Page 273 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 176 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 31 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 75 - Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.
Page 19 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
Page 202 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 109 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 123 - We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?" Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
Page 95 - And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
Page 73 - The Lord bless thee and keep thee, The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee, The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon thee and give thee peace ! — Num.