Letters to a Friend Whose Mind Had Long Been Harassed, by Many Objections Against the Church of EnglandR.B. Seeley & W. Burnside, 1835 - 387 pages |
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... questions ; as I do not suppose any of them can much or immediately affect your own peace and comfort , or your own particular duties . But if I am mistaken in this supposition , be kind enough to let me 58 LETTERS TO A FRIEND .
... questions ; as I do not suppose any of them can much or immediately affect your own peace and comfort , or your own particular duties . But if I am mistaken in this supposition , be kind enough to let me 58 LETTERS TO A FRIEND .
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... duties , or of Divine truth , as a vast and per- fect whole . ) Perhaps you will , before long , perceive that the general principle applies to some of the questions which you ask , and solves some of the difficulties which they in ...
... duties , or of Divine truth , as a vast and per- fect whole . ) Perhaps you will , before long , perceive that the general principle applies to some of the questions which you ask , and solves some of the difficulties which they in ...
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... duties : " Every one that sweareth by Him shall glory . " Psalm lxiii . 11 . The matter being thus clear , as far as the Old Testament is concerned , and confirmed by abundant examples of the most eminent Saints under that dispensation ...
... duties : " Every one that sweareth by Him shall glory . " Psalm lxiii . 11 . The matter being thus clear , as far as the Old Testament is concerned , and confirmed by abundant examples of the most eminent Saints under that dispensation ...
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... duties , -both those which are of perpetual obligation , and those which from the nature of things can only be occasionally discharged ; and in different ways and manners , according to the circumstances of the individual . Many of ...
... duties , -both those which are of perpetual obligation , and those which from the nature of things can only be occasionally discharged ; and in different ways and manners , according to the circumstances of the individual . Many of ...
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... duties to which a Christian can be called ? For he who thus lays hold of a single precept of Scripture , and so adopts it as to set aside all consideration of other duties of a different stamp , which might limit it , and to which in ...
... duties to which a Christian can be called ? For he who thus lays hold of a single precept of Scripture , and so adopts it as to set aside all consideration of other duties of a different stamp , which might limit it , and to which in ...
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Page 234 - Will you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines, contrary to God's word, and to use both public and private monitions and exhortations, as well to the sick as to the whole, within your cures, as need shall require and occasion be given ? Answer. I will, the Lord being my helper.
Page 136 - John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come...
Page 188 - Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly union and concord: that as there is but one Body, and one . Spirit, and one hope of our calling, one LORD, one Faith, one Baptism...
Page 218 - But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Page 211 - ... that, at the general resurrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight ; and receive that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all who love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.
Page 229 - CHRIST ; and see that you never cease your labour, your care and diligence, until you have done all that lieth in you, according to your bounden duty, to bring all such as are or shall be committed to your charge, unto that agreement in the faith and knowledge of GOD, and to that ripeness and perfectness of age in CHRIST, that there be no place left among you, either for error in religion, or for viciousness in life.
Page 220 - Christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ for ever.
Page 161 - Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Page 305 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 236 - WILL you be diligent in Prayers, and in reading of the holy Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowledge of the same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh?