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Page xiv
... reformation of all orders of men , are repeatedly insist- ed on , and with singular earnestness ; as what alone , can save us from impending ruin . There can be no general spread of evangelical principles and practices , while the ...
... reformation of all orders of men , are repeatedly insist- ed on , and with singular earnestness ; as what alone , can save us from impending ruin . There can be no general spread of evangelical principles and practices , while the ...
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... reformation . She could declaim in Latin , converse in Greek , and was a critic in the most difficult classics . But after it pleased God by his grace to open the eyes of her mind to discover the truth , she became enamoured of the ...
... reformation . She could declaim in Latin , converse in Greek , and was a critic in the most difficult classics . But after it pleased God by his grace to open the eyes of her mind to discover the truth , she became enamoured of the ...
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... reformation . The protestant religion , I think , is the only good religion . It is all found in the Holy Scriptures , the word of God . From this , as from a fountain , all religions must be drawn . Scripture is the root , the ...
... reformation . The protestant religion , I think , is the only good religion . It is all found in the Holy Scriptures , the word of God . From this , as from a fountain , all religions must be drawn . Scripture is the root , the ...
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... reformation , while men's eyes were yet scarcely open enough to discover truth , with genuine christianity . Not being at the pains to ex- amine matters to the bottom , and distinguish accu- rately , they suppose them to be alike , and ...
... reformation , while men's eyes were yet scarcely open enough to discover truth , with genuine christianity . Not being at the pains to ex- amine matters to the bottom , and distinguish accu- rately , they suppose them to be alike , and ...
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... reformation in the ecclesiastical part of the constitution . To me , however , what we usually call holidays appear in the light of very serious evils to the commu- nity . Let a man conscientiously observe the Lord's day , and I will ...
... reformation in the ecclesiastical part of the constitution . To me , however , what we usually call holidays appear in the light of very serious evils to the commu- nity . Let a man conscientiously observe the Lord's day , and I will ...
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Page xv - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 151 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 198 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Page 330 - But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 263 - To die, to sleep : To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Page 272 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Page 225 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Page 295 - But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Page 317 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he ; Among innumerable false, unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example, with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 270 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.