The Quarterly Christian SpectatorA. H. Maltby, 1833 |
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... principle . It is another characteristic of Mr. Jay's writings that they are em- inently fitted to cherish a devotional spirit . We have already had occasion to remark that his " family prayers , " while they show the fertility of his ...
... principle . It is another characteristic of Mr. Jay's writings that they are em- inently fitted to cherish a devotional spirit . We have already had occasion to remark that his " family prayers , " while they show the fertility of his ...
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... principle of piety should be maintained in all its vigor . No christian need apprehend that he shall accomplish less by his active labors for the cause of Christ , because a due pro- portion of his time is given to the duties of the ...
... principle of piety should be maintained in all its vigor . No christian need apprehend that he shall accomplish less by his active labors for the cause of Christ , because a due pro- portion of his time is given to the duties of the ...
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... principles should have currency , which go to unchristianize a large part of the professed followers of Christ . The true principle on this subject , it seems to us , is some- thing like this , -let each evangelical denomination enjoy ...
... principles should have currency , which go to unchristianize a large part of the professed followers of Christ . The true principle on this subject , it seems to us , is some- thing like this , -let each evangelical denomination enjoy ...
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... principle ; who set down the play- fulness and buoyancy of the animal spirits to the account of an in- veterate waywardness ; and who never venture to speak on the subject of religion at all , but with what seems an air of affected so ...
... principle ; who set down the play- fulness and buoyancy of the animal spirits to the account of an in- veterate waywardness ; and who never venture to speak on the subject of religion at all , but with what seems an air of affected so ...
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... principle , than any course of religious observances can ordinarily be . It is also more honorable to God ; and this , not only because it is more decisive evidence of a divine principle , but also because it more powerfully commends ...
... principle , than any course of religious observances can ordinarily be . It is also more honorable to God ; and this , not only because it is more decisive evidence of a divine principle , but also because it more powerfully commends ...
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Page 638 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over...
Page 141 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial?
Page 647 - Art thou called being a servant '( care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 647 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Page 640 - And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Page 613 - And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia : but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more...
Page 428 - Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field; that, of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour.
Page 647 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but as the servants of Christ ; doing the will of God from the heart...
Page 189 - And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel ; and for a sign which shall be spoken against ; (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also;)- that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Page 648 - Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance : for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done : and there is no respect of persons.