The guide to domestic happiness [by W. Giles].William Button, 1811 - 244 pages |
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... But whether all , or the major part , have happily succeeded , is a question which the candidates who have tried the experiment are themselves best able to resolve . In the present life there is indeed not condition in iv PREFACE .
... But whether all , or the major part , have happily succeeded , is a question which the candidates who have tried the experiment are themselves best able to resolve . In the present life there is indeed not condition in iv PREFACE .
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... been recently converted from heathenism to the christian faith , as to make it a question whether the change they had happily experienced did not dissolve the mar- riage contracted when both parties were , as to christianity 6 THE GUIDE TO.
... been recently converted from heathenism to the christian faith , as to make it a question whether the change they had happily experienced did not dissolve the mar- riage contracted when both parties were , as to christianity 6 THE GUIDE TO.
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... question about which the Corinthian solicited advice for the inquiry was not whether , in order to gratify their own inclinations , they might abandon their christian profession , and marry those who were not only strangers , but ...
... question about which the Corinthian solicited advice for the inquiry was not whether , in order to gratify their own inclinations , they might abandon their christian profession , and marry those who were not only strangers , but ...
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... question whether the christian brother ought not to divorce his ido- latrous wife , it is certain beyond a doubt that , had they been both single , he would have thought it unlawful to marry her . This argument will appear still more ...
... question whether the christian brother ought not to divorce his ido- latrous wife , it is certain beyond a doubt that , had they been both single , he would have thought it unlawful to marry her . This argument will appear still more ...
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... question about which the Corinthian solicited advice for the inquiry was not whether , in order to gratify their own inclinations , they might abandon their christian profession , and marry those who were not only strangers , but ...
... question about which the Corinthian solicited advice for the inquiry was not whether , in order to gratify their own inclinations , they might abandon their christian profession , and marry those who were not only strangers , but ...
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Page 18 - Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou ; and when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee ; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them ; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them : neither shalt thou make marriages with them ; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
Page 39 - Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Page 189 - Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day : lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied ; then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God...
Page 28 - How amiable are thy tabernacles,- O Lord of hosts ! " My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and, my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 154 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of GOD of great price.
Page 188 - For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Page 20 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Page 49 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 201 - IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2 To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Page 40 - O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us : but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.