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... pure , and peaceable , and rich in all the fruits which can strengthen up the soul into eternal life . But our limits admonish us that we must break off our converse with this can- did , sagacious , and benevolent inquirer . We cannot ...
... pure , and peaceable , and rich in all the fruits which can strengthen up the soul into eternal life . But our limits admonish us that we must break off our converse with this can- did , sagacious , and benevolent inquirer . We cannot ...
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... pure love of gain , without the application of it to any other kind of enjoyment . It is a propensity which may , in a remarkable manner , engross the whole charac- ter , acquiring strength by continuance ; and it is then generally ...
... pure love of gain , without the application of it to any other kind of enjoyment . It is a propensity which may , in a remarkable manner , engross the whole charac- ter , acquiring strength by continuance ; and it is then generally ...
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... writings , " Keep thy heart with all diligence , because out of it are the issues of life . " " Blessed are the pure in heart , for they shall see God . " Thus , there are desires which are folly , and there are 54 DESIRES .
... writings , " Keep thy heart with all diligence , because out of it are the issues of life . " " Blessed are the pure in heart , for they shall see God . " Thus , there are desires which are folly , and there are 54 DESIRES .
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... pure benevolence not only is dis- pensed with willingness , when occasions present themselves ; but seeks out opportunities for itself , and feels in want of its natural and healthy exer- cise when deprived of an object on which it may ...
... pure benevolence not only is dis- pensed with willingness , when occasions present themselves ; but seeks out opportunities for itself , and feels in want of its natural and healthy exer- cise when deprived of an object on which it may ...
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... pure inattention are apt to bring in the way of his peculiar duties , and of his discharging them with due regard to the feelings of others . This mental exercise of extensive application to the benevolent affections constitutes what is ...
... pure inattention are apt to bring in the way of his peculiar duties , and of his discharging them with due regard to the feelings of others . This mental exercise of extensive application to the benevolent affections constitutes what is ...
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Page 96 - For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Page 130 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Page 95 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity...
Page 135 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 130 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Page 136 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 145 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Page 157 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 118 - B., without degrading me. I think you know Moore. Pray assure him that I have not the smallest influence over Lord Byron, in this particular, and if I had, I certainly should employ it to eradicate from his great mind the delusions of Christianity, which, in spite of his reason, seem perpetually to recur, and to lay in ambush for the hours of sickness and distress.
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