Persuasives to Early PietyReligious Tract Society, 1839 - 256 pages |
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... unto God . " He assures us that he came to " preach recovering of sight to the blind . " His most distinguished apostle affirms , that even the followers of Christ " were sometime in darkness ; " that he and they had been " de- livered ...
... unto God . " He assures us that he came to " preach recovering of sight to the blind . " His most distinguished apostle affirms , that even the followers of Christ " were sometime in darkness ; " that he and they had been " de- livered ...
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John Gregory Pike. God , for they are foolishness unto him . " Even " the preaching of the cross " itself , " is to them that perish foolishness . " And so wilful that " men love darkness rather than light , because their deeds are evil ...
John Gregory Pike. God , for they are foolishness unto him . " Even " the preaching of the cross " itself , " is to them that perish foolishness . " And so wilful that " men love darkness rather than light , because their deeds are evil ...
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... unto God , " and that the tares , or all who are not in reality the children of God , " are the children of the wicked one . " The apostle Paul confesses that he and his christian friends once were of this number ; the apostle John as ...
... unto God , " and that the tares , or all who are not in reality the children of God , " are the children of the wicked one . " The apostle Paul confesses that he and his christian friends once were of this number ; the apostle John as ...
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... unto God , " Depart from us , for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways ; " and by choosing worldly vanities in preference to the favour and service of God , they , in fact , utter the dreadful sentence , " What is the Almighty that ...
... unto God , " Depart from us , for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways ; " and by choosing worldly vanities in preference to the favour and service of God , they , in fact , utter the dreadful sentence , " What is the Almighty that ...
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... unto life , and few there be that find it ! Many are called , but few are chosen . " Presume not then , that there is little danger of missing the path to heaven , for there is much . The way is narrow . Presume not that most will be ...
... unto life , and few there be that find it ! Many are called , but few are chosen . " Presume not then , that there is little danger of missing the path to heaven , for there is much . The way is narrow . Presume not that most will be ...
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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?