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... observe how far the wisest men are blinded by their passions , when , to avoid some shame , they run into courses that directly lead to it . The thing to be principally considered , is , not why he died in this manner , but why he died ...
... observe how far the wisest men are blinded by their passions , when , to avoid some shame , they run into courses that directly lead to it . The thing to be principally considered , is , not why he died in this manner , but why he died ...
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... observe , that this practice hath been all along condemned by people of all religions , and pursued with great abhorrence , and all manner of discouragements , and by the Christian religion especially with dreadful sentences : and ...
... observe , that this practice hath been all along condemned by people of all religions , and pursued with great abhorrence , and all manner of discouragements , and by the Christian religion especially with dreadful sentences : and ...
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... observe , that the distaste Ahithophel took at his advice being rejected was the occasion of his ruin ; When he saw his counsel was not followed , he arose , and went home to his house , set his household in order , and hanged him- self ...
... observe , that the distaste Ahithophel took at his advice being rejected was the occasion of his ruin ; When he saw his counsel was not followed , he arose , and went home to his house , set his household in order , and hanged him- self ...
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... observe , that in almost all these deadly resolutions that people take against themselves there is something worldly at the bottom , that meets with some naughty passion or other , that prevails against their reason , and sets them on ...
... observe , that in almost all these deadly resolutions that people take against themselves there is something worldly at the bottom , that meets with some naughty passion or other , that prevails against their reason , and sets them on ...
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... observe , I think , that in most of these light distrac- tions the reason is not so entirely lost but that the parties are capable of some sort of arguments , and restrained by some particular considerations and motives , of love or ...
... observe , I think , that in most of these light distrac- tions the reason is not so entirely lost but that the parties are capable of some sort of arguments , and restrained by some particular considerations and motives , of love or ...
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Page 87 - Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people : and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him ; and lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
Page 275 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 128 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Page 156 - ... all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord. And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
Page 359 - Have always therefore printed in your remembrance, how great a treasure is committed to your charge. For they are the sheep of Christ, which he bought with his death, and for whom he shed his blood.
Page 277 - Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say. Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Page 278 - But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 204 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 196 - The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
Page 227 - The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.