Lectures on the Essentials of Religion, Personal, Domestic, and SocialF. Westley, 1825 - 377 pages |
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... testimony against us , and to produce a fearful catalogue of offences . We are 66 weighed in the balances , and found wanting . " Defective now appear our best per- formances , our best motives , our best intentions . The further we ...
... testimony against us , and to produce a fearful catalogue of offences . We are 66 weighed in the balances , and found wanting . " Defective now appear our best per- formances , our best motives , our best intentions . The further we ...
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... testimony , " then , and the record of their proceedings for our guidance , and with the hope of that influ- ence of the Holy Spirit , to which they owed all their success , let our attention be now directed to the great inducements to ...
... testimony , " then , and the record of their proceedings for our guidance , and with the hope of that influ- ence of the Holy Spirit , to which they owed all their success , let our attention be now directed to the great inducements to ...
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... testimony , a declaration , or a promise , then that which is required of us is simply that we believe it ; - that is , that we receive and embrace it , as un- doubted truth ; and , as the natural result of so receiving it , that we ...
... testimony , a declaration , or a promise , then that which is required of us is simply that we believe it ; - that is , that we receive and embrace it , as un- doubted truth ; and , as the natural result of so receiving it , that we ...
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... testimony of God , with regard to things hoped for ; the conviction of the reality and impor- tance of things not seen . " It is in the form of a testimony that God has made the grand communication of the truth which he imperatively ...
... testimony of God , with regard to things hoped for ; the conviction of the reality and impor- tance of things not seen . " It is in the form of a testimony that God has made the grand communication of the truth which he imperatively ...
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... testimony . The Faith , then , to which there is ascribed a paramount importance , both in our text , and in the general representations of Scripture , is " faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ ; " that is , faith in the testimony which ...
... testimony . The Faith , then , to which there is ascribed a paramount importance , both in our text , and in the general representations of Scripture , is " faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ ; " that is , faith in the testimony which ...
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Lectures on the Essentials of Religion: Personal, Domestic, and Social (1825) Henry Forster Burder No preview available - 2009 |
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Page 204 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Page 44 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Page 363 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 213 - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Page 180 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 103 - And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, "Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Page 201 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 223 - LORD, I cry unto thee : make haste unto me ; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense ; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Page 253 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Page 155 - I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.