The Contrast Between Good and Bad Men: Illustrated by the Biography and Truths of the Bible, Volume 1M. W. Dodd, 1855 |
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... conduct is the fruit of right principles . and affections . The external rectitude which God requires and approves , flows from a rectitude that is internal ; a godly heart and a godly life constitute a godly man . The external is ...
... conduct is the fruit of right principles . and affections . The external rectitude which God requires and approves , flows from a rectitude that is internal ; a godly heart and a godly life constitute a godly man . The external is ...
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... conduct . Nothing was omitted or overlooked , and nothing was delayed . " Thus did Noah : according to all that God com- manded him , so did he . " His religion was a practical religion , and his obedience the crown of his piety ...
... conduct . Nothing was omitted or overlooked , and nothing was delayed . " Thus did Noah : according to all that God com- manded him , so did he . " His religion was a practical religion , and his obedience the crown of his piety ...
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... to himself that God had thus made these revelations , unless he designed to mold his character and control his conduct . They were not lessons in moral science which his Great Teacher was reading to him ; they ABRAHAM . 61.
... to himself that God had thus made these revelations , unless he designed to mold his character and control his conduct . They were not lessons in moral science which his Great Teacher was reading to him ; they ABRAHAM . 61.
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... conduct to the test . They were to " get out of his country and kindred , " and go he knew not where ; they were to subject himself to an out- ward and bloody rite , the import of which he could not understand ; they were to cast out of ...
... conduct to the test . They were to " get out of his country and kindred , " and go he knew not where ; they were to subject himself to an out- ward and bloody rite , the import of which he could not understand ; they were to cast out of ...
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... conduct toward others he was the pattern of propriety and decorum , and to an extent which minds of less generous and delicate texture do not always appreciate . His noble bearing toward Lot , his nephew , furnishes an ex- ample of ...
... conduct toward others he was the pattern of propriety and decorum , and to an extent which minds of less generous and delicate texture do not always appreciate . His noble bearing toward Lot , his nephew , furnishes an ex- ample of ...
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Page 18 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 217 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Page 175 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 199 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.