The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher, Late Vicar of Madeley, Volume 6John Mason, 1859 |
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... means steadily keeps the flesh in its proper place ; —is it not evident , I say , that this conflict is no more inconsistent with Christian perfection , than suffering , agonizing , fainting , crying , and dying , which were the lot of ...
... means steadily keeps the flesh in its proper place ; —is it not evident , I say , that this conflict is no more inconsistent with Christian perfection , than suffering , agonizing , fainting , crying , and dying , which were the lot of ...
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... mean the very reverse of what the apostle designed . · St. Paul , in Rom . v . and vi . , and in the beginning of vii . , describes the glorious liberty of the children of God under the Christian dispensation . And , as a skilful ...
... mean the very reverse of what the apostle designed . · St. Paul , in Rom . v . and vi . , and in the beginning of vii . , describes the glorious liberty of the children of God under the Christian dispensation . And , as a skilful ...
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... mean time " we know that all things work together for good to them that love God . Who shall separate us " that love God , and walk not after the flesh , but after the Spirit , " from the love of Christ ? Shall tribulation or distress ...
... mean time " we know that all things work together for good to them that love God . Who shall separate us " that love God , and walk not after the flesh , but after the Spirit , " from the love of Christ ? Shall tribulation or distress ...
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... mean , I was carnal ? ' Is it right thus to substitute the past tense for the present ? ” ANSWER . We have already shown that this figurative way of speaking is not uncommon in the scriptures . We grant , however , that we ought not to ...
... mean , I was carnal ? ' Is it right thus to substitute the past tense for the present ? ” ANSWER . We have already shown that this figurative way of speaking is not uncommon in the scriptures . We grant , however , that we ought not to ...
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... mean the state in which he found himself when the commandment had roused his sleepy conscience , and slain his pharisaic hopes . He was therefore obliged to use another tense ; and none , in that case , was fitter than the present just ...
... mean the state in which he found himself when the commandment had roused his sleepy conscience , and slain his pharisaic hopes . He was therefore obliged to use another tense ; and none , in that case , was fitter than the present just ...
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