Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian CharacterSamuel T. Armstrong, 1819 - 184 pages |
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... principles of the Gospel , nor practise the duties of pie- ty . He may be invincibly averse to every species of immorality on the one hand ; but he is equally so to the exactness and spiritu- ality of religion on the other . The ...
... principles of the Gospel , nor practise the duties of pie- ty . He may be invincibly averse to every species of immorality on the one hand ; but he is equally so to the exactness and spiritu- ality of religion on the other . The ...
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... principle . The spirit of piety not only lives in the heart , but flows forth in the life . A good tree cannot bring ... principles . The Gos- pel of Jesus Christ requires men to be hon- est , sober , industrious , and munificent ; but ...
... principle . The spirit of piety not only lives in the heart , but flows forth in the life . A good tree cannot bring ... principles . The Gos- pel of Jesus Christ requires men to be hon- est , sober , industrious , and munificent ; but ...
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... principles of his word . Moral virtues spring from selfish motives . They have no regard for the glory of God and the interests of his kingdom . They go just so far as self - interest leads the way , and there they stop Such are the ...
... principles of his word . Moral virtues spring from selfish motives . They have no regard for the glory of God and the interests of his kingdom . They go just so far as self - interest leads the way , and there they stop Such are the ...
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... principle in the human breast , which is ca- pable of discerning the immutable difference between right and wrong ; of giving men a sense of moral obligation ; and of approving what is right and condemning what is wrong in their moral ...
... principle in the human breast , which is ca- pable of discerning the immutable difference between right and wrong ; of giving men a sense of moral obligation ; and of approving what is right and condemning what is wrong in their moral ...
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... principles of the unerr- ing standard . There can be no spiritual knowledge , where there is no speculative knowledge . God cannot be loved , where he is not known . Truth is the natural aliment of all gracious affections . But though ...
... principles of the unerr- ing standard . There can be no spiritual knowledge , where there is no speculative knowledge . God cannot be loved , where he is not known . Truth is the natural aliment of all gracious affections . But though ...
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Page 127 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 129 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 133 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about : mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of mine head : therefore my heart faileth me.
Page 74 - I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance : for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 118 - BLESSED are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. BLESSED are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted.
Page 39 - As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Page 58 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 156 - Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. "What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 157 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 107 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant, for with my staff I passed over this Jordan and now I am become two bands.