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... usually wasted in extravagance ; or supposing it applied to furnish with necessaries the family of the per- son who is guilty of it , the anguish of mind , which the recollection of the manner in which it was procured must create , will ...
... usually wasted in extravagance ; or supposing it applied to furnish with necessaries the family of the per- son who is guilty of it , the anguish of mind , which the recollection of the manner in which it was procured must create , will ...
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... usually go forward from crime to crime , till detection takes place , their characters are ruined , they draw ✰ down on themselves the vengeance of the laws , and not unfrequently finish their career by an un- timely and disgraceful ...
... usually go forward from crime to crime , till detection takes place , their characters are ruined , they draw ✰ down on themselves the vengeance of the laws , and not unfrequently finish their career by an un- timely and disgraceful ...
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... usually a great influence on our behaviour : we stand in awe , and are afraid to sin ; we take care , at least outwardly , to deport ourselves according to the rules of de- cency and virtue , and are cautious to do nothing which may ...
... usually a great influence on our behaviour : we stand in awe , and are afraid to sin ; we take care , at least outwardly , to deport ourselves according to the rules of de- cency and virtue , and are cautious to do nothing which may ...
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... usually a great encouragement to men to acquit themselves with ability and industry , when they know , that those whom they love or esteem , are spectators of their actions ; but how much greater encouragement should they receive from ...
... usually a great encouragement to men to acquit themselves with ability and industry , when they know , that those whom they love or esteem , are spectators of their actions ; but how much greater encouragement should they receive from ...
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... usually much more zealous in the practice of re- ligion , much more strict in their integrity , than those who have never grossly offended : their trouble and remorse for their sins spur them on in the ways of goodness and piety , and a ...
... usually much more zealous in the practice of re- ligion , much more strict in their integrity , than those who have never grossly offended : their trouble and remorse for their sins spur them on in the ways of goodness and piety , and a ...
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Page 207 - Church, all children that they were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven when they were baptized!
Page 407 - A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
Page 149 - WHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place : and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them : and they were all filled with the HOLY GHOST ; and began to speak with other tongues, as the SPIRIT gave them utterance.
Page 246 - Body and Blood of Christ are verily and indeed " taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's
Page 71 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me ; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Page 335 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 411 - 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 217 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly . And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
Page 264 - DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father ; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.
Page 367 - So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.