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... results stated , with which men might be conversant , but those also which no eye could see but the eye of God . These are invariably spoken of as resulting from faith in Christ , and as constituting that distinction which has existed ...
... results stated , with which men might be conversant , but those also which no eye could see but the eye of God . These are invariably spoken of as resulting from faith in Christ , and as constituting that distinction which has existed ...
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... results of this are connected with eternity itself . It is for the life of the soul , that it should be pursued . This consider ation should produce intense interest , and excite to persevering diligence ; and indeed , unless this be in ...
... results of this are connected with eternity itself . It is for the life of the soul , that it should be pursued . This consider ation should produce intense interest , and excite to persevering diligence ; and indeed , unless this be in ...
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... result will not only be favourable to the inquirer , but the distinct provinces of reason and revelation will be easily defined . Jehovah has de- clared , that " the meek he will guide in judgment , and the meek he will teach his way ...
... result will not only be favourable to the inquirer , but the distinct provinces of reason and revelation will be easily defined . Jehovah has de- clared , that " the meek he will guide in judgment , and the meek he will teach his way ...
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... result of external evidence , which the judgment was constrained to admit upon examination , and which evidence , if produced in favour of any other book , would in every honest mind , have equally led to the admission of its ge ...
... result of external evidence , which the judgment was constrained to admit upon examination , and which evidence , if produced in favour of any other book , would in every honest mind , have equally led to the admission of its ge ...
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... result . Let no delays intervene ; it is of immediate , as well as of future and eternal moment , that he should now , with all his heart , seek divine know- ledge . " Wisdom is the principal thing , therefore get wisdom : and , with ...
... result . Let no delays intervene ; it is of immediate , as well as of future and eternal moment , that he should now , with all his heart , seek divine know- ledge . " Wisdom is the principal thing , therefore get wisdom : and , with ...
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Page 171 - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Page 137 - 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 102 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 128 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 168 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 126 - And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Page 136 - And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 98 - But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 40 - Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 221 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.