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... duty which may promote the perfection of our nature , and restore in us that purity which was our original condition : he hath forbidden every action which is a violation of the law of uprightness , either in thought , word , or deed ...
... duty which may promote the perfection of our nature , and restore in us that purity which was our original condition : he hath forbidden every action which is a violation of the law of uprightness , either in thought , word , or deed ...
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... duty which he originally pos- sessed in a state of innocence . Now , his corporeal and inferior appetites acquired an undue strength ; his animal passions were easily inflamed , and his mental energies proportionally enfeebled ; and he ...
... duty which he originally pos- sessed in a state of innocence . Now , his corporeal and inferior appetites acquired an undue strength ; his animal passions were easily inflamed , and his mental energies proportionally enfeebled ; and he ...
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... duty with suf- ficient plainness ; but , alas ! our wills are averse to the per- formance of those obligations incumbent on us as rational , religious , and accountable beings . We have the scriptures of truth which are able to make us ...
... duty with suf- ficient plainness ; but , alas ! our wills are averse to the per- formance of those obligations incumbent on us as rational , religious , and accountable beings . We have the scriptures of truth which are able to make us ...
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... duty , we cannot work out our salvation by a perfect obe- dience to the law of God , and therefore cannot claim ac- ceptance with him " by works of righteousness which we can do ; and that by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be ...
... duty , we cannot work out our salvation by a perfect obe- dience to the law of God , and therefore cannot claim ac- ceptance with him " by works of righteousness which we can do ; and that by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be ...
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... duty , accompanied with an earnest desire to obey the will of God for the future , might lead us to expect , from the analogy of the present constitution of things , that God would accept of some mediatorial influence on our behalf ...
... duty , accompanied with an earnest desire to obey the will of God for the future , might lead us to expect , from the analogy of the present constitution of things , that God would accept of some mediatorial influence on our behalf ...
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Page 22 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 47 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 47 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 67 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 1 - Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament.
Page 43 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 22 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 56 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 48 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed: to you it shall be for meat.
Page 22 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.