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... improving nature . If active and energetic as it ought to be , in influencing and directing our conduct , it will be ac- companied by the Christian graces , it will purify the heart , it will work by love , and will overcome the world ...
... improving nature . If active and energetic as it ought to be , in influencing and directing our conduct , it will be ac- companied by the Christian graces , it will purify the heart , it will work by love , and will overcome the world ...
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... improvement , and even qualifies the possessor to make the highest attainments . In particular , it teaches us to think no innocent action too mean by which we can promote the good of others ; and , there- fore , it leads to the most ...
... improvement , and even qualifies the possessor to make the highest attainments . In particular , it teaches us to think no innocent action too mean by which we can promote the good of others ; and , there- fore , it leads to the most ...
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... improving being . It does not re- quire us to be insensible to any advantage we may possess over others ; for it would ... improvement be ! But the importance of humility is not less dis- played when we contrast it with those vices which ...
... improving being . It does not re- quire us to be insensible to any advantage we may possess over others ; for it would ... improvement be ! But the importance of humility is not less dis- played when we contrast it with those vices which ...
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... improved by any imaginable change . 2. From the view which we have taken of the mis- sion of the Seventy , we are led to consider the other means which God had employed in preparing the Jews for discovering and acknowledging the Messiah ...
... improved by any imaginable change . 2. From the view which we have taken of the mis- sion of the Seventy , we are led to consider the other means which God had employed in preparing the Jews for discovering and acknowledging the Messiah ...
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... enjoined re- * Meravoéw always , in the New Testament , signifies , not temporary regret , but permanent improvement . Matth . xi . , 20 . formation . Now , whoever believed that miracles were wrought MISSION OF THE SEVENTY - continued .
... enjoined re- * Meravoéw always , in the New Testament , signifies , not temporary regret , but permanent improvement . Matth . xi . , 20 . formation . Now , whoever believed that miracles were wrought MISSION OF THE SEVENTY - continued .
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Page 146 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 186 - And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day...
Page 123 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 114 - Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand : and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
Page 163 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate ; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 315 - But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.
Page 77 - A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Page 246 - For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
Page 338 - Many will say to me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?" And then will I profess unto them, "I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 39 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.