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... rewards , and penalties , as the most common call- ing and profession by which men earn their daily bread ? Have its advantages been inquired into as diligently , and what are considered its disadvantages by worldy men , been weighed ...
... rewards , and penalties , as the most common call- ing and profession by which men earn their daily bread ? Have its advantages been inquired into as diligently , and what are considered its disadvantages by worldy men , been weighed ...
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... reward ; whereas , by yielding to the temptation , our gain , or advantage , or enjoyment , which ever it may be , even if we succeed , is but for a moment ; for the few and uncertain years of the life that now is are loaded with the ...
... reward ; whereas , by yielding to the temptation , our gain , or advantage , or enjoyment , which ever it may be , even if we succeed , is but for a moment ; for the few and uncertain years of the life that now is are loaded with the ...
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... rewards of the life to come . For if we consider this subject with the care it deserves , we shall perceive that these excuses are not made by the poor and profligate , but by the more decent , orderly , and careful sort of people , by ...
... rewards of the life to come . For if we consider this subject with the care it deserves , we shall perceive that these excuses are not made by the poor and profligate , but by the more decent , orderly , and careful sort of people , by ...
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... rewards and punish- ments of the life to come , which enables a man , in opposition to all the temptations of a corrupt nature and sinful world , to obey God , in expectation of an invisible reward hereafter . This is that faith which ...
... rewards and punish- ments of the life to come , which enables a man , in opposition to all the temptations of a corrupt nature and sinful world , to obey God , in expectation of an invisible reward hereafter . This is that faith which ...
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... reward , and endured as seeing him who is invisible . The faith of the martyrs was , that they were tortured , not accepting deliverance , that they might obtain a better resurrection . Now , my hearers , is not this a most plain and ...
... reward , and endured as seeing him who is invisible . The faith of the martyrs was , that they were tortured , not accepting deliverance , that they might obtain a better resurrection . Now , my hearers , is not this a most plain and ...
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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.