The Doctrine of the Church of Geneva Illustrated in a Series of Sermons Preached by Modern Divines of that CityJacques Samuel Pons, Richard Cattermole Trenttel, Würtz, Trenttel, jun., and Richter, 1832 |
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... persons who have not hesitated to assert that a community of Christians , faith- fully following the commandments of their Master , would include in its bosom the germ of its destruction , and therefore could not exist , — we know that ...
... persons who have not hesitated to assert that a community of Christians , faith- fully following the commandments of their Master , would include in its bosom the germ of its destruction , and therefore could not exist , — we know that ...
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... persons who identify themselves with this earth , and are ambitious only of the despicable triumphs of children of dust : now , we have presented to us the true we C glory at which the Christian ought to aim - the 17.
... persons who identify themselves with this earth , and are ambitious only of the despicable triumphs of children of dust : now , we have presented to us the true we C glory at which the Christian ought to aim - the 17.
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... person - for the office was one which no private man was permitted to exercise . Not Jephthah himself - for such savage barbarity is beyond belief . Granting , however , that , deaf to the strong and terrible cry of outraged na- ture ...
... person - for the office was one which no private man was permitted to exercise . Not Jephthah himself - for such savage barbarity is beyond belief . Granting , however , that , deaf to the strong and terrible cry of outraged na- ture ...
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... religious grounds . It is true , that the idea of a man's binding himself , by a solemn obligation , to sacrifice the first person he should meet , though it were his own child , is frightful ; and it is likewise true , that the 42.
... religious grounds . It is true , that the idea of a man's binding himself , by a solemn obligation , to sacrifice the first person he should meet , though it were his own child , is frightful ; and it is likewise true , that the 42.
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... persons are to be met with in our time , who , in the honest sincerity of their hearts , mistake the servile compliances of an unenlightened conscience , the dreams offa bewildered imagination , and the numberless suggestions of vanity ...
... persons are to be met with in our time , who , in the honest sincerity of their hearts , mistake the servile compliances of an unenlightened conscience , the dreams offa bewildered imagination , and the numberless suggestions of vanity ...
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Page 39 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 61 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them : and whatsover Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 253 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 43 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Page 246 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 306 - Howbeit, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect ; yet not the wisdom of this world...
Page 314 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 45 - And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
Page 61 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof...
Page 167 - Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.