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... truth , philoso- phical as well as religious ; although St. Paul seems to limit its utility to profitableness for doctrine , re- proof , correction , and instruction in righteousness . Others , again , have been too diligent and too ...
... truth , philoso- phical as well as religious ; although St. Paul seems to limit its utility to profitableness for doctrine , re- proof , correction , and instruction in righteousness . Others , again , have been too diligent and too ...
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... truth is an indispensable requisite for finding it . Indeed , it would not be necessary to no- tice so evident a proposition , had it not been for the strange conduct of the ancient philosophers in their theories concerning nature and ...
... truth is an indispensable requisite for finding it . Indeed , it would not be necessary to no- tice so evident a proposition , had it not been for the strange conduct of the ancient philosophers in their theories concerning nature and ...
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... punishments annexed , forms an article , more or less distinct , in the creed of Na- tural Religion . Moreover , since the inward law of Conscience brings with it no proof of its truth , and 20 [ SERM . THE INFLUENCE OF NATURAL.
... punishments annexed , forms an article , more or less distinct , in the creed of Na- tural Religion . Moreover , since the inward law of Conscience brings with it no proof of its truth , and 20 [ SERM . THE INFLUENCE OF NATURAL.
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... truth , and commands attention to it on its own authority , all obedience to it is of the nature of Faith ; and habitual obedience implies the direct exercise of a clear and vigorous faith in the truth of its suggestions , triumphing ...
... truth , and commands attention to it on its own authority , all obedience to it is of the nature of Faith ; and habitual obedience implies the direct exercise of a clear and vigorous faith in the truth of its suggestions , triumphing ...
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... truth . And further , it will of course realize in its degree those peculiar rewards of virtue which appetite cannot comprehend ; and will detect in this world's events , which are but perplexi- ties to mere unaided Reason , a general ...
... truth . And further , it will of course realize in its degree those peculiar rewards of virtue which appetite cannot comprehend ; and will detect in this world's events , which are but perplexi- ties to mere unaided Reason , a general ...
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Page 57 - Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
Page 241 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 231 - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him ? But we have the mind of Christ.
Page 127 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 276 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
Page 300 - BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful...
Page 301 - I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Page 153 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Page 308 - For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Page 153 - Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.