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... question was decided . Each party built an altar , cut in pieces a bullock , and laid the victim upon the wood , but put no fire under ; and the God that should answer by fire , was to be acknowledged as the TRUE GOD . We cannot bring ...
... question was decided . Each party built an altar , cut in pieces a bullock , and laid the victim upon the wood , but put no fire under ; and the God that should answer by fire , was to be acknowledged as the TRUE GOD . We cannot bring ...
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... question in hand , however , is not - What influence either our principles or theirs have upon persons who do not in reality adopt them ? but , What influence they have upon those who do ? * Thirdly , It is not the good conduct of a few ...
... question in hand , however , is not - What influence either our principles or theirs have upon persons who do not in reality adopt them ? but , What influence they have upon those who do ? * Thirdly , It is not the good conduct of a few ...
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Andrew Fuller. religion or virtue into the question . There are motives and con- siderations which will commonly influence men , living in society to behave with decorum . Various occupations and pursuits , espe- cially those of a mental ...
Andrew Fuller. religion or virtue into the question . There are motives and con- siderations which will commonly influence men , living in society to behave with decorum . Various occupations and pursuits , espe- cially those of a mental ...
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... question has the greatest tendency to produce them . Repentance is a change of mind . It arises from a conviction that we have been in the wrong ; and consists in holy shame , grief , and self - loathing , accompanied with a ...
... question has the greatest tendency to produce them . Repentance is a change of mind . It arises from a conviction that we have been in the wrong ; and consists in holy shame , grief , and self - loathing , accompanied with a ...
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... question at present is not , which of these representations is true or consonant to scripture ? but , which has the greatest ten- dency to promote repentance ? If repentance be promoted by a view of the evil of sin , this question , it ...
... question at present is not , which of these representations is true or consonant to scripture ? but , which has the greatest ten- dency to promote repentance ? If repentance be promoted by a view of the evil of sin , this question , it ...
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Page 373 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 401 - For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. " For it is written, 'As I live,' saith the Lord, 'every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Page 373 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 310 - Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you ? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
Page 159 - ... the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing ; which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience...
Page 155 - He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Page 206 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Page 365 - Enter ye in at the strait gate ; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat ; because strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 369 - And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Page 283 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...