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... habit ; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom , no course of conduct flowing from religious motives ; in a word , there can be no religion . This cannot exist without seriousness upon the subject ...
... habit ; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom , no course of conduct flowing from religious motives ; in a word , there can be no religion . This cannot exist without seriousness upon the subject ...
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... Habits of thinking are fixed by habits of acting ; and both too solidly fixed to be moved by human persuasion . God in his mer- cy , and by his providences , as well as by his Spir- it , can touch and soften the heart of stone . And it ...
... Habits of thinking are fixed by habits of acting ; and both too solidly fixed to be moved by human persuasion . God in his mer- cy , and by his providences , as well as by his Spir- it , can touch and soften the heart of stone . And it ...
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... habit ; and , like all good habits , particularly mental habits , is what every person must form in himself and for himself by endeavour and perse- verance . In this great article , as well as in others which are less , every man must ...
... habit ; and , like all good habits , particularly mental habits , is what every person must form in himself and for himself by endeavour and perse- verance . In this great article , as well as in others which are less , every man must ...
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... habit of contemplating God in the boun- ties and blessings of his creation . I think that re- ligion can hardly subsist in the soul without this habit in some degree . But the greater part of us , such is the natural dullness of our ...
... habit of contemplating God in the boun- ties and blessings of his creation . I think that re- ligion can hardly subsist in the soul without this habit in some degree . But the greater part of us , such is the natural dullness of our ...
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... habit we have ac- quired of regarding its concerns as at a distance . A child is affected by nothing but what is present , and many thousands in this respect continue chil- dren all their lives ; in a degree this weakness cleaves to us ...
... habit we have ac- quired of regarding its concerns as at a distance . A child is affected by nothing but what is present , and many thousands in this respect continue chil- dren all their lives ; in a degree this weakness cleaves to us ...
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Page 26 - Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Page 73 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 97 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 83 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery : But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Page 97 - Behold, all souls are Mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine : the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 138 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Page 179 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 70 - These are the words of an anxious man. " Not," then he proceeds, " not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect ; but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do ; forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 65 - And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. And...
Page 106 - Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.