Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian CharacterDodge & Sayre, 1813 - 230 pages |
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... than the Great Adversary of both . There is no greater proficient in theo- logical truth , than the father of lies . " There is " no want of orthodoxy even in hell . " " For the existence of this fact , we are not Speculative Knowledge .
... than the Great Adversary of both . There is no greater proficient in theo- logical truth , than the father of lies . " There is " no want of orthodoxy even in hell . " " For the existence of this fact , we are not Speculative Knowledge .
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... a child of God , because he discerns in himself those graces that are peculiar to the childlike character . He may have received the spirit of adoption , whereby he cries Abba , Father ESSAY V Confidence in good Estate,
... a child of God , because he discerns in himself those graces that are peculiar to the childlike character . He may have received the spirit of adoption , whereby he cries Abba , Father ESSAY V Confidence in good Estate,
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Gardiner Spring. spirit of adoption , whereby he cries Abba , Father . The spirit itself , saith the apostle , beareth witness with our spirit , that we are the children of God . A persuasion arising from such evidence , is well grounded ...
Gardiner Spring. spirit of adoption , whereby he cries Abba , Father . The spirit itself , saith the apostle , beareth witness with our spirit , that we are the children of God . A persuasion arising from such evidence , is well grounded ...
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... Father . Some text of scripture , unsought , un- expected , and fatally misapplied , has whispered peace to the troubled conscience , and their souls are filled with raptures of joy . They imagine themselves almost ravished with a view ...
... Father . Some text of scripture , unsought , un- expected , and fatally misapplied , has whispered peace to the troubled conscience , and their souls are filled with raptures of joy . They imagine themselves almost ravished with a view ...
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... Father . All this is " rotten at the core . " However closely it may resemble the holy gratitude of God's people , it is but the counterfeit of that heavenly grace . It is purely selfish . It is mere mercenary religion . The Spirit of ...
... Father . All this is " rotten at the core . " However closely it may resemble the holy gratitude of God's people , it is but the counterfeit of that heavenly grace . It is purely selfish . It is mere mercenary religion . The Spirit of ...
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Page 198 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 90 - Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 46 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 187 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Page 77 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Page 138 - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 158 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 70 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 215 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 195 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.