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Page 100
... faith in Jesus Christ ; not an assent only of the understanding , but a faith of application , an actual laying hold of it , and embracing it as a salvation wrought out for me personally . Here I failed , and deplored my want of such a ...
... faith in Jesus Christ ; not an assent only of the understanding , but a faith of application , an actual laying hold of it , and embracing it as a salvation wrought out for me personally . Here I failed , and deplored my want of such a ...
Page 143
... faith had set , and for ever , in the same eclipse whence his reason had emerged . This they could not account for ; and , to heighten the difficulty and the inconsistency , the man thus apparently neglectful of the sacred topic in the ...
... faith had set , and for ever , in the same eclipse whence his reason had emerged . This they could not account for ; and , to heighten the difficulty and the inconsistency , the man thus apparently neglectful of the sacred topic in the ...
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... faith and heavenly verse bestow ) Passing this tomb , its buried inmate bless , And obligation to her powers confess ; Who , when she graced this earth in AUSTEN's name , Waked in a poet inspiration's flame ! Removed by counsel , like ...
... faith and heavenly verse bestow ) Passing this tomb , its buried inmate bless , And obligation to her powers confess ; Who , when she graced this earth in AUSTEN's name , Waked in a poet inspiration's flame ! Removed by counsel , like ...
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