The Works of William Paley ...: Comprising the Additional Volume of Sermons First Published in 1825, with a Memoir of His Life : Complete in Six Volumes, Volume 5Hilliard and Brown, 1830 |
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... importance of Revelation , has evinced extensive research , un- wearied industry and zeal , in defence of its authority , its claims , and its doctrines , in his Key to the sacred volume , and in his other theological publications ...
... importance of Revelation , has evinced extensive research , un- wearied industry and zeal , in defence of its authority , its claims , and its doctrines , in his Key to the sacred volume , and in his other theological publications ...
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... importance of our general observation . First ; at the time the Scriptures were written , none were baptized but converts , and none were converted but from con- viction ; and conviction produced , for the most part , a corres- ponding ...
... importance of our general observation . First ; at the time the Scriptures were written , none were baptized but converts , and none were converted but from con- viction ; and conviction produced , for the most part , a corres- ponding ...
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... importance from power , or dignity from years ; in such circumstances , and under the inevitable depression of narrow fortunes , to procure and preserve respect requires both care and merit . The apostle also knew , and in the text ...
... importance from power , or dignity from years ; in such circumstances , and under the inevitable depression of narrow fortunes , to procure and preserve respect requires both care and merit . The apostle also knew , and in the text ...
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... importance , which young clergymen not unfrequently fall upon ; such as a con- ceited way of speaking , new airs and gestures , affected man- ners , a mimickry of the fashions , language , and diversions , or even of the follies and ...
... importance , which young clergymen not unfrequently fall upon ; such as a con- ceited way of speaking , new airs and gestures , affected man- ners , a mimickry of the fashions , language , and diversions , or even of the follies and ...
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... importance than it is , no more successful rule could be given you , than to do your duty quietly and contentedly , and to let things take their course . You may have been brought up with different notions , but be assured , that for ...
... importance than it is , no more successful rule could be given you , than to do your duty quietly and contentedly , and to let things take their course . You may have been brought up with different notions , but be assured , that for ...
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Page 205 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 327 - And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Page 93 - Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Page 323 - And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch us he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 241 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 324 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, 'Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?' 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, 'Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. * For 34 chapter 9: 43 the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 167 - As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are Mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine : the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 147 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 167 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 326 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.