Persuasives to Early PietyReligious Tract Society, 1839 - 256 pages |
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... hope can be entertained of doing you lasting good , till you feel the truth of the statements con- tained in this chapter ; but if you be led , by the Divine Spirit , to perceive that this chapter describes your own condition , there ...
... hope can be entertained of doing you lasting good , till you feel the truth of the statements con- tained in this chapter ; but if you be led , by the Divine Spirit , to perceive that this chapter describes your own condition , there ...
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... hope for heaven if this darkest of crimes remains unrepented of and unfor- saken ? Have I succeeded in convincing you that neglect of God and want of love to him is so enormous a sin , that this only , if you had no other , would be ...
... hope for heaven if this darkest of crimes remains unrepented of and unfor- saken ? Have I succeeded in convincing you that neglect of God and want of love to him is so enormous a sin , that this only , if you had no other , would be ...
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... hope for eternity appears to have rested . Nothing like humility entered his heart , but in all the pride of fancied virtue , he approached his God . This is the exact spirit of multitudes in the present day ; and where young persons ...
... hope for eternity appears to have rested . Nothing like humility entered his heart , but in all the pride of fancied virtue , he approached his God . This is the exact spirit of multitudes in the present day ; and where young persons ...
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... hope , his trust , his all . The substance of the gospel message respecting Jesus Christ , is that his nature was divine ; " he was in the beginning with God ; " that his own in- finite compassion , and his Father's love , led him to ...
... hope , his trust , his all . The substance of the gospel message respecting Jesus Christ , is that his nature was divine ; " he was in the beginning with God ; " that his own in- finite compassion , and his Father's love , led him to ...
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... hope , your Saviour , your all . Believing is also described being a persuasion of divine truths , and an embracing of them . If you believe on Jesus , as you will be persuaded , on God's authority , that 62 PERSUASIVES TO.
... hope , your Saviour , your all . Believing is also described being a persuasion of divine truths , and an embracing of them . If you believe on Jesus , as you will be persuaded , on God's authority , that 62 PERSUASIVES TO.
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Page 83 - Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection. And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens...
Page 30 - Christ ; who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired by all them that believe.
Page 73 - Then Jesus beholding him, loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Page 73 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Page 93 - And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 91 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 131 - My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me : and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any one pluck them out of My hand.
Page 69 - Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Page 218 - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone : which is the second death.
Page 25 - 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?