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... religion . But I found that , instead of an alteration for the better , my heart and my ways became more and more de- praved . Convictions still continuing to follow me , I felt the most awful enmity against that authority , which ...
... religion . But I found that , instead of an alteration for the better , my heart and my ways became more and more de- praved . Convictions still continuing to follow me , I felt the most awful enmity against that authority , which ...
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... religion with greater earnestness ; but I was at this time unac- quainted with the disease of sin , and the remedy which ... religious instruction is here very apparent , from the checks which it puts on the sinful propensities of the ...
... religion with greater earnestness ; but I was at this time unac- quainted with the disease of sin , and the remedy which ... religious instruction is here very apparent , from the checks which it puts on the sinful propensities of the ...
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... religious matters , I opened my mind to him , so far as to assert my suprise that so very few should attend to these important concerns . But after this man had heard my conversation on these subjects for some time , he turned what I ...
... religious matters , I opened my mind to him , so far as to assert my suprise that so very few should attend to these important concerns . But after this man had heard my conversation on these subjects for some time , he turned what I ...
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... religion , whose Founder was called “ a madman , and one that had a devil , " to be contemned and per- secuted . But its gentle spirit breathes the prayer- " Father forgive them , for they know not what they do . " The persecution which ...
... religion , whose Founder was called “ a madman , and one that had a devil , " to be contemned and per- secuted . But its gentle spirit breathes the prayer- " Father forgive them , for they know not what they do . " The persecution which ...
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... religious impressions were received on a field of battle in Spain , and who afterwards fell on the san- guinary ... religion displayed amidst the surrounding vices of a world " alienated from the life of God . " But here are some things ...
... religious impressions were received on a field of battle in Spain , and who afterwards fell on the san- guinary ... religion displayed amidst the surrounding vices of a world " alienated from the life of God . " But here are some things ...
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Page 89 - England ! if thou obstinately wilt return into Egypt, that is, if thou contract marriage, confederacy, or league with such princes as do maintain and advance idolatry, such as the emperor, who is no less enemy to Christ than ever was Nero— if for the pleasure of such princes thou return to thy old abominations before used under Papistry, then assuredly, 0 England, thou shalt be plagued and brought to desolation, by the means of those whose favour thou seekest !" The other passages related to the...
Page 49 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 46 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 80 - Although my house be not so with God ; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure : for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
Page 53 - My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 23 - And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness...
Page 68 - For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion 16 So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Page 43 - It is natural to suppose, that in the combination of trying circumstances which attended me, I must have had considerable anxiety ; but, trusting to the justice of my cause, and to that God who has promised, ' As thy day is, so shall thy strength be...
Page 73 - Twould be no joy to me; And, while this earth is my abode, I long for none but Thee. 4 What if the springs of life were broke, And flesh and heart should faint, God is my soul's eternal rock, The strength of every saint.
Page 68 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.