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... thought is lost . But I hear ( added he ) you preach to a great number of people every night and morning . Pray , what would you do with them ? Whither would you lead them ? What religion do you preach ? What is it good for ? " I re ...
... thought is lost . But I hear ( added he ) you preach to a great number of people every night and morning . Pray , what would you do with them ? Whither would you lead them ? What religion do you preach ? What is it good for ? " I re ...
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... employment ? I suppose , profitable too ; for you would not spend your time , and labour , and thought , for nothing . You are then making VOL . XII . C your fortune : you are getting money . True : TO MEN OF REASON AND RELIGION . 17.
... employment ? I suppose , profitable too ; for you would not spend your time , and labour , and thought , for nothing . You are then making VOL . XII . C your fortune : you are getting money . True : TO MEN OF REASON AND RELIGION . 17.
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... thought of going . For you may " give all your goods to feed the poor , " yea , " your body to be burned , and yet " very pos- sibly , if St. Paul be a judge , “ have no charity , " no true religion . now , 48. This religion , which ...
... thought of going . For you may " give all your goods to feed the poor , " yea , " your body to be burned , and yet " very pos- sibly , if St. Paul be a judge , “ have no charity , " no true religion . now , 48. This religion , which ...
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... thought to the obedience of Christ . ' It does imply , " the being holy , as he that called us is holy , in all manner of conversation , " ( 2 Cor . x . 5. 1 Peter i . 15. ) And , in a word , " the loving the Lord our God with all our ...
... thought to the obedience of Christ . ' It does imply , " the being holy , as he that called us is holy , in all manner of conversation , " ( 2 Cor . x . 5. 1 Peter i . 15. ) And , in a word , " the loving the Lord our God with all our ...
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... thought ! Under the expectation of being in a few months swept away by the stream of time , and then for ever " Swallow'd up and lost , In the wide womb of uncreated night ! " But neither indeed are you certain of this ; nor of any ...
... thought ! Under the expectation of being in a few months swept away by the stream of time , and then for ever " Swallow'd up and lost , In the wide womb of uncreated night ! " But neither indeed are you certain of this ; nor of any ...
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Page 276 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 87 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 16 - For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Page 129 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 102 - And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Page 192 - Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Page 88 - And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me: of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Page 85 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 194 - And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, Which men deliver to one that is learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee: And he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee : And he saith, I am not learned.
Page 78 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.