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... mention . Errata . - Page 6 , add after tenth line , " Provided all other members of the human family do the same , and God orders all events favorably . " Page 7 , unreasonably for unseasonably . Page 26 , acquitable for equitable ...
... mention . Errata . - Page 6 , add after tenth line , " Provided all other members of the human family do the same , and God orders all events favorably . " Page 7 , unreasonably for unseasonably . Page 26 , acquitable for equitable ...
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... mention the predisposition to the gout , scrofula , consumption and insanity . Now if you scrupulously obey the laws of your Maker which relate to your animal nature , you receive uninterrupted health ; and the natural consequence of ...
... mention the predisposition to the gout , scrofula , consumption and insanity . Now if you scrupulously obey the laws of your Maker which relate to your animal nature , you receive uninterrupted health ; and the natural consequence of ...
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... mention the instances in which the just suffer the severest torments from the injustice of their brethren . Now how will you dispose of all these facts ? Why have so many experienced such dreadful cruelties ? Because they have ...
... mention the instances in which the just suffer the severest torments from the injustice of their brethren . Now how will you dispose of all these facts ? Why have so many experienced such dreadful cruelties ? Because they have ...
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... mention of such instances ? She wor- She 4. Take one example of a different character . Look at yonder widow . She is in destitute circumstances . She is obliged to struggle with all her powers to procure a bare subsistence for herself ...
... mention of such instances ? She wor- She 4. Take one example of a different character . Look at yonder widow . She is in destitute circumstances . She is obliged to struggle with all her powers to procure a bare subsistence for herself ...
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... cases misery is exactly proportioned to wickedness ? Will you affirm that happiness is granted in exact ac- cordance with righteousness ? The mere mention of the facts is sufficient to satisfy me that no perfect retribution 66 LETTER II .
... cases misery is exactly proportioned to wickedness ? Will you affirm that happiness is granted in exact ac- cordance with righteousness ? The mere mention of the facts is sufficient to satisfy me that no perfect retribution 66 LETTER II .
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Page 168 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Page 123 - For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them : but the word preached did not profit them , not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Page 153 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 111 - ... though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered, and, being made perfect, he became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him, called of God an high priest, after the order of Melchisedec.
Page 267 - Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son ; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake : but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Page 151 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 142 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 250 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 48 - Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute : that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation...
Page 165 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, "Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment." But I say unto you that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, "Raca," shall be in danger of the council.