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... evil , which ob- structs our path , and involves us in a conflict of which the issue is uncertain , and may be fatal to our peace and even our life ; and yet he says , we must count such temptations as affording occasion for joy , —yes ...
... evil , which ob- structs our path , and involves us in a conflict of which the issue is uncertain , and may be fatal to our peace and even our life ; and yet he says , we must count such temptations as affording occasion for joy , —yes ...
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... evil , or at least would not have an evil influence on minds more strongly fortified than ours . To call upon us to rejoice in temptations , is nearly the same as to call upon us to rejoice in sin , and in our continually repeated ...
... evil , or at least would not have an evil influence on minds more strongly fortified than ours . To call upon us to rejoice in temptations , is nearly the same as to call upon us to rejoice in sin , and in our continually repeated ...
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... evil , know how to give good gifts unto your children , how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give his Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? " But the Holy Spirit is no other than the Spirit of Wisdom who leads us into the ...
... evil , know how to give good gifts unto your children , how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give his Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? " But the Holy Spirit is no other than the Spirit of Wisdom who leads us into the ...
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... evil , prosperity and adversity , pleasure and pain , sickness and health , abundance and want , are distributed on earth , the Divine economy , according to which it goes well with one and ill with another , for a long time , or during ...
... evil , prosperity and adversity , pleasure and pain , sickness and health , abundance and want , are distributed on earth , the Divine economy , according to which it goes well with one and ill with another , for a long time , or during ...
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... evil , neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted , when he is drawn away of his own lust , and enticed . Then when lust hath conceived , it bringeth forth sin and sin , when it is finished , bringeth forth death . Do not ...
... evil , neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted , when he is drawn away of his own lust , and enticed . Then when lust hath conceived , it bringeth forth sin and sin , when it is finished , bringeth forth death . Do not ...
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Page 15 - For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass ; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Page 157 - Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law : but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Page 145 - Ye lust and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Page 122 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind : But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 181 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 110 - And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, 'Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness': and he was called the Friend of God.
Page 145 - Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Page 158 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page 216 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly, that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 169 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.