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... master you serve , and what wages you are to expect . Bring your reason to act upon it - bring the hopes and fears of an accountable being to act upon it - bring heaven and hell to bear upon 12 THE REASONABLENESS OF RELIGION .
... master you serve , and what wages you are to expect . Bring your reason to act upon it - bring the hopes and fears of an accountable being to act upon it - bring heaven and hell to bear upon 12 THE REASONABLENESS OF RELIGION .
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... expect- ations , of an end without the means ? No , my hearers , this is the hope of the hypocrite , which shall perish . The hope of the gospel is a branch of faith , a saving grace wrought in the heart by the HOLY GHOST , and grounded ...
... expect- ations , of an end without the means ? No , my hearers , this is the hope of the hypocrite , which shall perish . The hope of the gospel is a branch of faith , a saving grace wrought in the heart by the HOLY GHOST , and grounded ...
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... expect . And that they are scions from the same root of bitterness , the carnal mind , which is enm'ty against God , the terms in which the para- ble is framed put beyond all reasonable doubt . A certain man made a great supper , and ...
... expect . And that they are scions from the same root of bitterness , the carnal mind , which is enm'ty against God , the terms in which the para- ble is framed put beyond all reasonable doubt . A certain man made a great supper , and ...
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... a dead and barren credulity . But we might reasonably expect , I think , what was so vitally important to our religious advancement - that a duty to which we are so frequently and earnestly exhorted in the Scriptures , 38 FAITH IN GOD .
... a dead and barren credulity . But we might reasonably expect , I think , what was so vitally important to our religious advancement - that a duty to which we are so frequently and earnestly exhorted in the Scriptures , 38 FAITH IN GOD .
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... expect any of the spiritual benefits promised to faith and obedience . O that they were wise , that they understood this , that they would consider their latter end . How shall we escape , if we neglect so great salvation . The second ...
... expect any of the spiritual benefits promised to faith and obedience . O that they were wise , that they understood this , that they would consider their latter end . How shall we escape , if we neglect so great salvation . The second ...
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Page 178 - I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me; for I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing; for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I find not; for the good that I would, I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Page 483 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 412 - And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents : behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
Page 251 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Page 19 - A certain man made a great supper, and bade many : and sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come ; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused.
Page v - His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Page 294 - Lord: 15 looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; " lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. " For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 412 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed : and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Page 252 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page vi - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.