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... true that the civil officers that often prove the most violent executioners of penal laws for religion , are from among them ; yet it is as true , that from among them also are found the most tempe rate and merciful spirits , that will ...
... true that the civil officers that often prove the most violent executioners of penal laws for religion , are from among them ; yet it is as true , that from among them also are found the most tempe rate and merciful spirits , that will ...
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... true zeal , and by their fruits we shall know them . True zeal is against sin , and shown best upon a man's self , his own life and conduct : it is tempered with wisdom , and will not outshoot the mark , especially towards others . But ...
... true zeal , and by their fruits we shall know them . True zeal is against sin , and shown best upon a man's self , his own life and conduct : it is tempered with wisdom , and will not outshoot the mark , especially towards others . But ...
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... true view of our actions ; since divine vengeance , for aught we see , is still at the door . And , for the Lord's sake , let us have a care in the doing of it , since " God will not be mocked ; " * and that our miscarriage in such an ...
... true view of our actions ; since divine vengeance , for aught we see , is still at the door . And , for the Lord's sake , let us have a care in the doing of it , since " God will not be mocked ; " * and that our miscarriage in such an ...
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... true and most powerful way of deliverance . Let us not betake ourselves to the common arts and stratagems of nations , incredulous of the strength of the God of Israel , who is the God of true Christians too . O ! that our faith may be ...
... true and most powerful way of deliverance . Let us not betake ourselves to the common arts and stratagems of nations , incredulous of the strength of the God of Israel , who is the God of true Christians too . O ! that our faith may be ...
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... true faith , and taking that for faith which is not gospel - faith . Thirdly , Debasing the true value of morality , under pre- tence of higher things , mistaking much of the end of Christ's coming . Fourthly , Preferring human ...
... true faith , and taking that for faith which is not gospel - faith . Thirdly , Debasing the true value of morality , under pre- tence of higher things , mistaking much of the end of Christ's coming . Fourthly , Preferring human ...
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Page 19 - And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented...
Page 88 - For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and...
Page 63 - And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas ; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
Page 483 - He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Page 64 - The word is nigh thec, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach ; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness ; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Page 73 - Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Page 481 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Page 507 - And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia : but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more...
Page 609 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 507 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.