The Works of William Paley, D.D.: And An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by the Rev. Edmund Paley, Volume 4Longman and Company, 1838 |
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... practice , and all sound in- struction lead to right conduct , it comes in the last place to be considered , what obligations follow from the tenet of an assist- ing grace and spiritual influence ; -what is to be done on our part in ...
... practice , and all sound in- struction lead to right conduct , it comes in the last place to be considered , what obligations follow from the tenet of an assist- ing grace and spiritual influence ; -what is to be done on our part in ...
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... practice a lamentable inability of doing his duty , yet perceiving that it must be done . All he has hitherto attained is a state of suc- cessive resolutions and relapses . Much is willed , nothing is effected . No furtherance , no ...
... practice a lamentable inability of doing his duty , yet perceiving that it must be done . All he has hitherto attained is a state of suc- cessive resolutions and relapses . Much is willed , nothing is effected . No furtherance , no ...
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... practices , that it is most practicable to be entirely innocent ; that it is a more easy thing to withstand them altogether , than it is to set bounds to their indulgence . This is a point not sufficiently understood . Though true , it ...
... practices , that it is most practicable to be entirely innocent ; that it is a more easy thing to withstand them altogether , than it is to set bounds to their indulgence . This is a point not sufficiently understood . Though true , it ...
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... practices which he follows . He must be supposed to perceive this , because he is supposed to resolve to quit them ... practice of any one known sin , in defiance of God's commands , cannot , so continuing , hope to find mercy : but ...
... practices which he follows . He must be supposed to perceive this , because he is supposed to resolve to quit them ... practice of any one known sin , in defiance of God's commands , cannot , so continuing , hope to find mercy : but ...
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... practices and usages which prevail in the com- pany we keep . Every condition of life has its particular tempta- tion . And not only so , but when we have fallen into evil habits , these habits so mix themselves with our method of life ...
... practices and usages which prevail in the com- pany we keep . Every condition of life has its particular tempta- tion . And not only so , but when we have fallen into evil habits , these habits so mix themselves with our method of life ...
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Page 72 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 493 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself. And the people of the Prince, that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary : and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 493 - Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured...
Page 306 - Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 70 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 471 - Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 491 - ... and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby; and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Page 509 - Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things, which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word...
Page 399 - As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are Mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine : the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 479 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.