The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface, Volume 7J. Mawman, 1824 |
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... doubt but that my subject is the most momentous which can fall under the contemplation of a human being ; and I therefore venture to claim for it , a dispassionate and unprejudiced considera- tion . The moral world , as well as the ...
... doubt but that my subject is the most momentous which can fall under the contemplation of a human being ; and I therefore venture to claim for it , a dispassionate and unprejudiced considera- tion . The moral world , as well as the ...
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... doubts on the reader's mind . " Wherever a very laborious effort seems to be made to defend a doctrine , the appear- ance of a great struggle in its defence leaves a suspicion that it is Scarcely defensible . disposed , I am of opinion ...
... doubts on the reader's mind . " Wherever a very laborious effort seems to be made to defend a doctrine , the appear- ance of a great struggle in its defence leaves a suspicion that it is Scarcely defensible . disposed , I am of opinion ...
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... doubts he may entertain of the truth of Christi- anity , by practising those moral virtues , and cultivat- ing those amiable dispositions , which the written gospel plainly requires , and the grace of God will gradually remove the veil ...
... doubts he may entertain of the truth of Christi- anity , by practising those moral virtues , and cultivat- ing those amiable dispositions , which the written gospel plainly requires , and the grace of God will gradually remove the veil ...
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... doubts , than can be obtained by all the polemical and impertinent disputations of the world . The man that is wise , he that is conducted by the Spirit of God , knows better in what Christ's kingdom doth consist than to throw away his ...
... doubts , than can be obtained by all the polemical and impertinent disputations of the world . The man that is wise , he that is conducted by the Spirit of God , knows better in what Christ's kingdom doth consist than to throw away his ...
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... doubt but that the opinions of this profoundly learned author and virtuous man will have great weight . His style may be a little antiquated , like that of Bishop Taylor ; yet , it abounds with beauty , and must please all whose reading ...
... doubt but that the opinions of this profoundly learned author and virtuous man will have great weight . His style may be a little antiquated , like that of Bishop Taylor ; yet , it abounds with beauty , and must please all whose reading ...
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Page 429 - And they understood none of these things : and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Page 122 - No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Page 365 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 108 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 454 - We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory, O LORD GOD, heavenly KING, GOD the FATHER Almighty.
Page 45 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 300 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 219 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Page 325 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Page 212 - For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.