Discourse on the Rectitude of Human NatureW. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1850 - 409 pages |
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... born , sinned , and suffered , and then went to eternal per- dition . And when he came , he did not come prepared to remedy the evils of the Fall . The difficulty was in man's nature . That required to be restored to its primitive ...
... born , sinned , and suffered , and then went to eternal per- dition . And when he came , he did not come prepared to remedy the evils of the Fall . The difficulty was in man's nature . That required to be restored to its primitive ...
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... born of water , is to make an open profession of religion . To be born of the Spirit , is to be conformed to the Christian character and disposition . To determine how great that change must be , we must inquire how far the soul has ...
... born of water , is to make an open profession of religion . To be born of the Spirit , is to be conformed to the Christian character and disposition . To determine how great that change must be , we must inquire how far the soul has ...
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... born of a woman is of few days , and full of trouble . ” Would this be a fair account of the Scriptural representation of human life ? Is no al- lowance to be made for rhetorical exaggeration ? In interpreting this text , ought it not ...
... born of a woman is of few days , and full of trouble . ” Would this be a fair account of the Scriptural representation of human life ? Is no al- lowance to be made for rhetorical exaggeration ? In interpreting this text , ought it not ...
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... born under the same sky , and are members of the same political com- munity . They have been our companions in the various fortunes of the journey of life . So desirous are we to have them right , that we feel almost personally responsi ...
... born under the same sky , and are members of the same political com- munity . They have been our companions in the various fortunes of the journey of life . So desirous are we to have them right , that we feel almost personally responsi ...
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... born gluttons and drunkards ? It would be a slander on God to say So. What more simple than the tastes of infancy and childhood , and what more simple than the food which God has provided for them ? Intemperance , both 94 GOODNESS ...
... born gluttons and drunkards ? It would be a slander on God to say So. What more simple than the tastes of infancy and childhood , and what more simple than the food which God has provided for them ? Intemperance , both 94 GOODNESS ...
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Page 160 - That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world...
Page 352 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 163 - For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles; but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Page 283 - And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Page 235 - The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Page 117 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves. Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing, or else excusing one another), in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Page 40 - FOR I KNOW THAT IN ME (THAT is, IN MY FLESH) DWELLETH NO GOOD THING: FOR TO WILL is PRESENT WITH ME ; BUT HOW TO PERFORM THAT WHICH IS GOOD, I FIND NOT.
Page 315 - Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 112 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his Eternal Power and God-head, so that they are without excuse...
Page 402 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein : who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.