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... by depriving ourselves of enjoy- ments to which we have been accustomed , is not for an instant to be weighed against the danger of retaining the sin , or the advantage of abjuring it . A certain portion of On Repentance . 5.
... by depriving ourselves of enjoy- ments to which we have been accustomed , is not for an instant to be weighed against the danger of retaining the sin , or the advantage of abjuring it . A certain portion of On Repentance . 5.
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... ourselves , till we have walked long with God , -till the full mea- sure of his grace is upon us , -till long abstinence has taught us to forbear , -till we have gained such wide , and such true , knowledge of pleasure , that we compre ...
... ourselves , till we have walked long with God , -till the full mea- sure of his grace is upon us , -till long abstinence has taught us to forbear , -till we have gained such wide , and such true , knowledge of pleasure , that we compre ...
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... ourselves of the truth for the common purposes of exis- tence , and we do not say one thing while we know another , but for the intervention of causes which are comparatively infre- quent and extraordinary ; the first of these which I ...
... ourselves of the truth for the common purposes of exis- tence , and we do not say one thing while we know another , but for the intervention of causes which are comparatively infre- quent and extraordinary ; the first of these which I ...
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... sweeter than the feasts of the liar , and all the banquets of sin . To carry ourselves humbly , and meekly , in the world , is a sure sign of a VOL . I. E sound understanding , and an evangelical mind ; but we On Truth . 1 49.
... sweeter than the feasts of the liar , and all the banquets of sin . To carry ourselves humbly , and meekly , in the world , is a sure sign of a VOL . I. E sound understanding , and an evangelical mind ; but we On Truth . 1 49.
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... ourselves , as well as to others ; and there is no one to whom we can owe as much defe- rencé as we owe to inward purity , and religious feeling . The submission paid to any human being , by the sacrifice of truth , is not meekness ...
... ourselves , as well as to others ; and there is no one to whom we can owe as much defe- rencé as we owe to inward purity , and religious feeling . The submission paid to any human being , by the sacrifice of truth , is not meekness ...
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Page 91 - Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Page 252 - Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss; but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 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...
Page 290 - And the Publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, saying, O God, be merciful to me a sinner.
Page 275 - Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail ; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof...
Page 269 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Page 330 - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Page 330 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness His secret place ; His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 128 - She then thought .of that expression — it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun — which words then seemed to her to be very applicable to Jesus Christ.
Page 423 - I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Page 252 - And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.