A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience: Christian economics, (or family duties)Richard Edwards, 1825 |
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... less than the least of all thy mercies ; less than the least of all saints the chiefest of sinners . ' How unfit am I for so much love , and praise , and honour ! f Isa . xlii . 8 . 8 Psal . xxix . 9 . Sign xvI . A proud man would have ...
... less than the least of all thy mercies ; less than the least of all saints the chiefest of sinners . ' How unfit am I for so much love , and praise , and honour ! f Isa . xlii . 8 . 8 Psal . xxix . 9 . Sign xvI . A proud man would have ...
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... less the smallest sin which it committeth . Though customarily they may say that God were just , if he did condemn them , yet they be- lieve it not at the heart . The most convincing preacher shall have much ado to bring a proud man ...
... less the smallest sin which it committeth . Though customarily they may say that God were just , if he did condemn them , yet they be- lieve it not at the heart . The most convincing preacher shall have much ado to bring a proud man ...
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... less troubled that God and the Gospel are dishonoured by the infirmities , insufficiency and faults of others , than that their glory is obscured by worthier men , though God be honoured , and his work promoted " . Whereas the humbled ...
... less troubled that God and the Gospel are dishonoured by the infirmities , insufficiency and faults of others , than that their glory is obscured by worthier men , though God be honoured , and his work promoted " . Whereas the humbled ...
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... less good and bountiful to the world , or to any but himself , and such as will serve his party and interest , and honour with their gifts . His eye is evil , because God is good . If others be better spoken of than himself , as more ...
... less good and bountiful to the world , or to any but himself , and such as will serve his party and interest , and honour with their gifts . His eye is evil , because God is good . If others be better spoken of than himself , as more ...
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... and will be of a less than Christ's little flock . Signs of Pride in common Converse . Sign 1. Pride causeth subjects to be too quick in cen- A suring the actions of their governors , and too CHAP . IV . ] 29 CHRISTIAN ETHICS .
... and will be of a less than Christ's little flock . Signs of Pride in common Converse . Sign 1. Pride causeth subjects to be too quick in cen- A suring the actions of their governors , and too CHAP . IV . ] 29 CHRISTIAN ETHICS .
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Page 307 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Page 296 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 569 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God ; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 289 - For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Page 137 - WATCH, THEREFORE, FOR YE KNOW NOT WHAT HOUR YOUR LORD DOTH COME. But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore, BE YE ALSO READY : FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT, THE SON OF MAN COMETH.
Page 157 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 317 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 187 - SPIRIT in the inner man ; that CHRIST may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and to know the love of CHRIST, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of GOD.
Page 478 - Jews ; who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us. and they please not God, and are contrary to all men : forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway; for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.