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... mercy , the Jews fasted and gained no profit , but re- proof ; that , therefore , it becomes us to learn the laws of fasting , lest we fall into error . " There are two main things to be remembered : I. That , apart from all other ...
... mercy , the Jews fasted and gained no profit , but re- proof ; that , therefore , it becomes us to learn the laws of fasting , lest we fall into error . " There are two main things to be remembered : I. That , apart from all other ...
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... into the deepest recesses of your thoughts . The conscience is a great tribunal , where justice pleads , and mercy * S. Augustine in Psalm . xlix . , tom . iv . p . 460 . gives sentence . Whatever the one writes down , the 54 GUIDE .
... into the deepest recesses of your thoughts . The conscience is a great tribunal , where justice pleads , and mercy * S. Augustine in Psalm . xlix . , tom . iv . p . 460 . gives sentence . Whatever the one writes down , the 54 GUIDE .
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... mercy , and presumption in your own strength ; all coldness and lukewarmness , hypocrisies and impurities in Divine service . There will come , also , all unnecessary oaths and blasphe- mies , and profanations of sacred things , and ...
... mercy , and presumption in your own strength ; all coldness and lukewarmness , hypocrisies and impurities in Divine service . There will come , also , all unnecessary oaths and blasphe- mies , and profanations of sacred things , and ...
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... mercy to thy soul . A few rules and cautions may be added . † 1. Let your prayers be lasting , frequent , and assiduous . Do not ask for a blessing , and then leave it ; but daily renew your suit , with fresh vigour of faith and hope ...
... mercy to thy soul . A few rules and cautions may be added . † 1. Let your prayers be lasting , frequent , and assiduous . Do not ask for a blessing , and then leave it ; but daily renew your suit , with fresh vigour of faith and hope ...
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... mercy there is no truth . In fasting , as in all things else , " mercy and truth have met together , " and they may not be divorced . The poor man's hand is the bosom of Abraham , and treasure - house of heaven . That which it re ...
... mercy there is no truth . In fasting , as in all things else , " mercy and truth have met together , " and they may not be divorced . The poor man's hand is the bosom of Abraham , and treasure - house of heaven . That which it re ...
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Page 281 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox. nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 289 - Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this ? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Page 255 - For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so ? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Page 56 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day; and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 264 - And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, 'Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Page 265 - Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Page 325 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth. to the purifying of the flesh : How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Page 224 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 289 - When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
Page 272 - Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.