Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian CharacterDodge & Sayre, 1813 - 230 pages |
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... feel as Paul felt , when the commandment came , sin revived , and he died . Sin does actually revive . The law that binds their consciences , excites the enmity of their hearts . The more clearly they discern its righteousness and ...
... feel as Paul felt , when the commandment came , sin revived , and he died . Sin does actually revive . The law that binds their consciences , excites the enmity of their hearts . The more clearly they discern its righteousness and ...
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... feeling of his heart revolts . Lay down the weapons of his rebellion ! repent of all his transgressions ! come unto ... feel so uncharitably , and speak so unadvisedly concerning persons who are conscien- tiously constrained to maintain ...
... feeling of his heart revolts . Lay down the weapons of his rebellion ! repent of all his transgressions ! come unto ... feel so uncharitably , and speak so unadvisedly concerning persons who are conscien- tiously constrained to maintain ...
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... feel the obligation of loving that which is right , and hating that which is wrong - and to love or to hate in conformity with the dictates of his conscience and understanding , or in defiance to the dictates of both . This is what we ...
... feel the obligation of loving that which is right , and hating that which is wrong - and to love or to hate in conformity with the dictates of his conscience and understanding , or in defiance to the dictates of both . This is what we ...
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... feeling without the special operations of the Holy Spirit . " Still , an inability is an inability ; and what profit is there in your boasted distinction ? " Much every way : Chiefly , be- cause without it , we cannot have just views of ...
... feeling without the special operations of the Holy Spirit . " Still , an inability is an inability ; and what profit is there in your boasted distinction ? " Much every way : Chiefly , be- cause without it , we cannot have just views of ...
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... feel wretched , another to feel guilty ; one thing to feel that you are lost and ruined , another to feel that you have destroyed yourself ; one thing to claim pity , another to deserve blame . Mere calamity is one thing , and moral ...
... feel wretched , another to feel guilty ; one thing to feel that you are lost and ruined , another to feel that you have destroyed yourself ; one thing to claim pity , another to deserve blame . Mere calamity is one thing , and moral ...
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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.