A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience, Volume 5Richard Edwards, 1825 |
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... hear men praise the wicked , or their sins ? .. Q. 12. Are we bound to reprove every backbiter ? .......... 391 Tit . 2. Directions against Backbiting , Slandering , and Evil- speaking . ...... 388 ....... ibid . 389 ibid . 390 ibid ...
... hear men praise the wicked , or their sins ? .. Q. 12. Are we bound to reprove every backbiter ? .......... 391 Tit . 2. Directions against Backbiting , Slandering , and Evil- speaking . ...... 388 ....... ibid . 389 ibid . 390 ibid ...
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... hear while my reason and experience forbid me , as an unacceptable person , to speak to them without a special in- vitation , I can bear the censures of strangers , who knew not them or me . I am not so proud as to expect that men so ...
... hear while my reason and experience forbid me , as an unacceptable person , to speak to them without a special in- vitation , I can bear the censures of strangers , who knew not them or me . I am not so proud as to expect that men so ...
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... hear , at least I may boldly and freely instruct them . If in the latter part there be any useful cases of con- science left out , it is because I could not remember them . Farewell . CHAPTER I. General Rules for an Upright Conversation ...
... hear , at least I may boldly and freely instruct them . If in the latter part there be any useful cases of con- science left out , it is because I could not remember them . Farewell . CHAPTER I. General Rules for an Upright Conversation ...
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... hear their defamations as his own . 12. He must be impartial , and not lose his judgment and charity in the opinion or interest of a party or sect : nor think all right that is held or done by those that he best liketh ; nor all wrong ...
... hear their defamations as his own . 12. He must be impartial , and not lose his judgment and charity in the opinion or interest of a party or sect : nor think all right that is held or done by those that he best liketh ; nor all wrong ...
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... hear thee . " So may I say to rulers , So may I say to rulers , " Take heed to yourselves , and unto government , and continue herein ; for in doing this , you will save yourselves , and those you go- vern . They that are good are ...
... hear thee . " So may I say to rulers , So may I say to rulers , " Take heed to yourselves , and unto government , and continue herein ; for in doing this , you will save yourselves , and those you go- vern . They that are good are ...
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Popular passages
Page 36 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 158 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, that ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Page 135 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require : at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 501 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 104 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 37 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 465 - Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Page 403 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 406 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.