But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Parochial Sermons - Page 153by John Henry Newman - 1840Full view - About this book
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...gentleness. goodness, fiuth, meekness, temperance : againsi such there is no law. / Isa. Ixiv. 6. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, and we nil do fiide as a leaf; and our iui. c¡uities, like tho wind, have taken us away. Gal. v. 17. For... | |
| 1827 - 590 pages
...mercy, nor walked humbly with our God : hence we must adopt the language of the ancient church, and say, we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags ; we must lie down in shame, confusion of face must cover us ; we must every one of us say as holy... | |
| William Cogswell - Families - 1827 - 558 pages
...unthankful. There is naturally within us an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. If we justify ourselves, our own mouths shall condemn us; if we say we are perfect, it shall also prove... | |
| John Owen - Bibliography - 1827 - 404 pages
...far as this disorder mixes itself with the best of our duties, it renders both us and them unclean. " We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags." This uncleanness, as it is habitual, is equal in all men as they are born into the world ; but with... | |
| Clergyman - Diseases - 1827 - 116 pages
...— All we like sheep have gone astray ; we have turned every one to his own way. Isaiah Ixiv. 6. — We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Matt. vii. 18. — A corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit; a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1827 - 566 pages
...flesh be justified;" since ail these, without distinction, are imperfect. Isa. Ixiv. 6 — " But we-are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;" and aiready due. Luke xvii. 10 — " We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which was ou r duty... | |
| Asaph Philips - Religion - 2005 - 270 pages
...you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear (Isa. 59:1, 2). But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses...and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away (Isa. 64:6). The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately... | |
| Angelina Kiena Mascari - 2005 - 154 pages
...all our doings. He is Life, and the Giver of life. Jesus has come to give us life abundantly. "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses...and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away" (Isaiah 64:6). Yes, it will cost you all your rags (self-righteousness)... | |
| 777 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2005 - 122 pages
...supposedly good works are dismissed as iniquity in Matthew 7:23. As it is stated in Isaiah 64:6, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses...and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." This is a key point in understanding the Path of Water. All of... | |
| Robin Rampersad, Christina R. Rampersad - Religion - 2005 - 202 pages
...they may once again put on his garments. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 151 Oh! How we need the righteousness of God, for ours is as filthy... | |
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