The Christian Disciple and Theological Review, Volume 4Noah Worcester, Henry Ware Wells and Lilly, 1822 |
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... less pretence to sup- port it , than almost any other one which is cast upon us ; for although we believe , that an immoral man cannot be a Chris- tian - a truth of which some of those who make the charge do not seem fally aware - yet ...
... less pretence to sup- port it , than almost any other one which is cast upon us ; for although we believe , that an immoral man cannot be a Chris- tian - a truth of which some of those who make the charge do not seem fally aware - yet ...
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... less magnitude and peril . Such as our danger is , how- ever , and by whomsoever and with whatever feelings we are warned of it , we must do all in our power to avoid it . Piety is as necessary as morality to that perfection of the ...
... less magnitude and peril . Such as our danger is , how- ever , and by whomsoever and with whatever feelings we are warned of it , we must do all in our power to avoid it . Piety is as necessary as morality to that perfection of the ...
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... less than irresistible , where it is weighed with due attention and by a mind capable of feeling its force . On all these accounts faith is a moral exercise . There are , it is plain , cases , in which belief is a virtue , and unbelief ...
... less than irresistible , where it is weighed with due attention and by a mind capable of feeling its force . On all these accounts faith is a moral exercise . There are , it is plain , cases , in which belief is a virtue , and unbelief ...
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... less difficult , & c . But it seems , if we would be or- thodox Trinitarians , we must not apply the term person to the God- head in the ordinary sense , nor in any other that is known , or capa- ble of being defined ; for the subject ...
... less difficult , & c . But it seems , if we would be or- thodox Trinitarians , we must not apply the term person to the God- head in the ordinary sense , nor in any other that is known , or capa- ble of being defined ; for the subject ...
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... less formi- dable , than those with which that is embarrassed which they have found themselves compelled , by the remonstrances of rea- son and the clear voice of Scripture , to abandon . Nor ought our author to be surprised or ...
... less formi- dable , than those with which that is embarrassed which they have found themselves compelled , by the remonstrances of rea- son and the clear voice of Scripture , to abandon . Nor ought our author to be surprised or ...
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Page 317 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Page 318 - Him openly ; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead.
Page 98 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 269 - God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor, by any absolute necessity of nature, determined to good or evil.
Page 23 - W'ho, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
Page 97 - Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful Form! Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass: methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity!
Page 317 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul, neither said any of them, that aught of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace was upon them all.
Page 25 - Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast...
Page 98 - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of Incense, from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread Ambassador from Earth to Heaven, Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent Sky, And tell the Stars, and tell yon rising Sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises GOD.
Page 339 - Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.