The Christian Spectator, Volume 1Howe & Spalding, 1827 |
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... Christ died for us . " Now this fact that God first loved him , and has man- ifested his love in so affecting a manner , cannot but be a powerful motive to induce man to obey the precept which enjoins love to God . Man may also be ...
... Christ died for us . " Now this fact that God first loved him , and has man- ifested his love in so affecting a manner , cannot but be a powerful motive to induce man to obey the precept which enjoins love to God . Man may also be ...
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... Christ's sake , hath forgiven you . Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children , and walk in love , as Christ also hath loved us , and hath given himself for us , an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smell- ing savor ...
... Christ's sake , hath forgiven you . Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children , and walk in love , as Christ also hath loved us , and hath given himself for us , an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smell- ing savor ...
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... Christ and his apostles do expressly , and of de- clared purpose , lay down the signs of true godliness , this is almost wholly insisted on . " " Christ no where says , ye shall know the tree by its leaves or flowers , or ye shall know ...
... Christ and his apostles do expressly , and of de- clared purpose , lay down the signs of true godliness , this is almost wholly insisted on . " " Christ no where says , ye shall know the tree by its leaves or flowers , or ye shall know ...
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... Christ has given them , but they must needs go by other rules of their own inventing , that seem to them wiser and better . I know of no directions or counsels which Christ ever delivered more plainly than the rules he has given us , to ...
... Christ has given them , but they must needs go by other rules of their own inventing , that seem to them wiser and better . I know of no directions or counsels which Christ ever delivered more plainly than the rules he has given us , to ...
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... Christ- ian antiquity , which asserts that it has preserved unchanged through all ages the primitive Christian faith , can be confuted in no better way , than by showing from history that precisely the distinguishing doctrines of this ...
... Christ- ian antiquity , which asserts that it has preserved unchanged through all ages the primitive Christian faith , can be confuted in no better way , than by showing from history that precisely the distinguishing doctrines of this ...
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Page 200 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 103 - And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 237 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 328 - I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth...
Page 217 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every...
Page 401 - For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his birth.
Page 593 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Page 521 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that 1 am baptized with ? They say unto Him, We are able. And He saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with...
Page 321 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 569 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...