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Page 134 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Page 101 - And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 265 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Page 126 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : for it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.
Page xvii - There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 190 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, "of whom it was said, 'That in Isaac shall thy seed be called/ "accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 243 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out.
Page xxxv - Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Page xxxvi - And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage : and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Page 63 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.