Theology Explained and Defended: In a Series of Sermons, Volume 4S. Converse, 1823 - Theology |
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... appear satisfied with their present envied superiority to all around them . Ambitious men are frequently vain , and ... appears to constitute the prin- cipal corruption of the human mind . It is impossible , without wonder , to observe ...
... appear satisfied with their present envied superiority to all around them . Ambitious men are frequently vain , and ... appears to constitute the prin- cipal corruption of the human mind . It is impossible , without wonder , to observe ...
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... appears very happily to express the meaning of the original term , ogovavees : Give not your minds to high things with either attention or desire . It will be easily seen , that this precept cuts up by the roots both the spirit , and ...
... appears very happily to express the meaning of the original term , ogovavees : Give not your minds to high things with either attention or desire . It will be easily seen , that this precept cuts up by the roots both the spirit , and ...
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... appear to have discerned the distinction between the repent- ance of a mercenary slave , regretting his faults merely from the expectation of punishment ; and the ingenuous contrition of a child , sorrowing for his disobedience ...
... appear to have discerned the distinction between the repent- ance of a mercenary slave , regretting his faults merely from the expectation of punishment ; and the ingenuous contrition of a child , sorrowing for his disobedience ...
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... appears , at least to me , to be an in- defensible imputation upon the character of God to suppose , that he would , in this case . leave his children to false apprehensions , and suffer them universally to believe , that this mighty ...
... appears , at least to me , to be an in- defensible imputation upon the character of God to suppose , that he would , in this case . leave his children to false apprehensions , and suffer them universally to believe , that this mighty ...
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... appear to sustain the char- acter , which I have attributed to them . The Law of the Lord , says David , is perfect ; converting the soul : The testimonies of the Lord are sure ; making wise the sim- ple . Search the scriptures , says ...
... appear to sustain the char- acter , which I have attributed to them . The Law of the Lord , says David , is perfect ; converting the soul : The testimonies of the Lord are sure ; making wise the sim- ple . Search the scriptures , says ...
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Page 259 - Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Page 485 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie ; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 345 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.
Page 326 - And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Page 410 - Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Page 277 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Page 385 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 434 - His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow ; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace ; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars : and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Page 48 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Page 443 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.