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... reason , and bind ourselves to comply with the condition upon which the Di- vine promise of eternal life is fufpended . If , after fuch engagements , we continue to live in the violation of the Divine laws , our difobedience becomes ...
... reason , and bind ourselves to comply with the condition upon which the Di- vine promise of eternal life is fufpended . If , after fuch engagements , we continue to live in the violation of the Divine laws , our difobedience becomes ...
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... reason can merit no milder appellation than murder : and the cir- cumftance of the duellift's expofing his own life , instead of diminishing , aggra- vates the guilt ; for wantonly to hazard life , is at once an act of injuftice to fo ...
... reason can merit no milder appellation than murder : and the cir- cumftance of the duellift's expofing his own life , instead of diminishing , aggra- vates the guilt ; for wantonly to hazard life , is at once an act of injuftice to fo ...
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... their innocence , to filence the voice of flander . In the last place , the good man has not only no reason for fhame before men , but he he may also stand before the presence of his Maker 210. The good Man fecure from Shamé .
... their innocence , to filence the voice of flander . In the last place , the good man has not only no reason for fhame before men , but he he may also stand before the presence of his Maker 210. The good Man fecure from Shamé .
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... reason to be afhamed either . within himself , before his fellow - creatures , or in the prefence of his Maker . What , my brethren , can more effec- tually tually recommend to us a life of fincere and perfevering 214 The good Man ...
... reason to be afhamed either . within himself , before his fellow - creatures , or in the prefence of his Maker . What , my brethren , can more effec- tually tually recommend to us a life of fincere and perfevering 214 The good Man ...
Page 238
... reason , than that they have nothing else to say . Keep your heart with all diligence , to prevent the rife of thofe evil paffions , fuch as pride , envy , refentment , avarice , ill - na- ture , and idle curiofity , which commonly lead ...
... reason , than that they have nothing else to say . Keep your heart with all diligence , to prevent the rife of thofe evil paffions , fuch as pride , envy , refentment , avarice , ill - na- ture , and idle curiofity , which commonly lead ...
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Page 19 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page xlvii - 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 241 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 252 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 32 - He will not only pardon, but pardon abundantly: for his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways.
Page 40 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds ; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him...
Page 6 - Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there ; if I make my bed in the grave, behold, Thou art there.
Page 53 - With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
Page 346 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 31 - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations...