Essays to Do GoodChalmers and Collins, 1825 - 214 pages |
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... mankind , " doing good " implies , what- ever removes pain or imparts pleasure . But this is evidently a mistaken view of the subject ; for pain is frequently a great blessing , and pleasure is fre- quently a serious evil . The ...
... mankind , " doing good " implies , what- ever removes pain or imparts pleasure . But this is evidently a mistaken view of the subject ; for pain is frequently a great blessing , and pleasure is fre- quently a serious evil . The ...
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... mankind , in all that variety of relation in which they stand to us , and in all that variety of condition in which they happen to be placed . His Appealing then to the Scriptures , we find the grand and all - pervading truth respecting ...
... mankind , in all that variety of relation in which they stand to us , and in all that variety of condition in which they happen to be placed . His Appealing then to the Scriptures , we find the grand and all - pervading truth respecting ...
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... mankind . He came originally into the world , for the single purpose of redeeming them from the guilt and power of sin , of restoring them to the favour of God , and of leading them on the way to hea- ven . And that gracious purpose he ...
... mankind . He came originally into the world , for the single purpose of redeeming them from the guilt and power of sin , of restoring them to the favour of God , and of leading them on the way to hea- ven . And that gracious purpose he ...
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... mankind , and since we are to follow his footsteps in this as well as in all other imitable parts of his character , we fall short of our duty , as thus defined and enforced , when we limit our benevolence , in any case , to the mere ...
... mankind , and since we are to follow his footsteps in this as well as in all other imitable parts of his character , we fall short of our duty , as thus defined and enforced , when we limit our benevolence , in any case , to the mere ...
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... mankind , is put forth as the law and the measure of that beneficence which we are to practise , as believers in his doctrine ; and nothing but want of capacity , or want of means , will be sustained as an apology for our refusing to ...
... mankind , is put forth as the law and the measure of that beneficence which we are to practise , as believers in his doctrine ; and nothing but want of capacity , or want of means , will be sustained as an apology for our refusing to ...
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Essays to Do Good: Addressed to All Christians, Whether in Public Or Private ... Cotton Mather No preview available - 2014 |
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Page 137 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 191 - O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift up my face unto Thee, my God ; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Page 205 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 60 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 139 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the. tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 163 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Page 155 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 142 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Page 150 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page xiii - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.