The Treatise on Religious AffectionsAmer. Tract Soc., 1824 - 276 pages |
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... speak of holy joy as constituting a great part of true religion . So it is represented in the text . And as an important part of religion it is often made the subject of earnest exhortation . Delight thyself in the Lord ; and he shall ...
... speak of holy joy as constituting a great part of true religion . So it is represented in the text . And as an important part of religion it is often made the subject of earnest exhortation . Delight thyself in the Lord ; and he shall ...
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... speak of com- passion or mercy , as a great and essential part of true religion ; insomuch , that , in the sacred writings , good men are denominated from thence . A merciful and a good man are synonymous terms : " The righteous pe ...
... speak of com- passion or mercy , as a great and essential part of true religion ; insomuch , that , in the sacred writings , good men are denominated from thence . A merciful and a good man are synonymous terms : " The righteous pe ...
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... speak of com- passion or mercy , as a great and essential part of true religion ; insomuch , that , in the sacred writings , good inen are denominated from thence . A merciful and a good man are synonymous terms : " The righteous pe ...
... speak of com- passion or mercy , as a great and essential part of true religion ; insomuch , that , in the sacred writings , good inen are denominated from thence . A merciful and a good man are synonymous terms : " The righteous pe ...
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... out of a pure heart , " & c . 1 Tim . 1 : 5 . The same Apostle speaks of love as the most important thing in religion , as the vitals and soul of it ; without which the greatest knowledge and gifts 22 [ Part I TRUE RELIGION CONSISTS.
... out of a pure heart , " & c . 1 Tim . 1 : 5 . The same Apostle speaks of love as the most important thing in religion , as the vitals and soul of it ; without which the greatest knowledge and gifts 22 [ Part I TRUE RELIGION CONSISTS.
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... speaks of loving God with all our hearts , with all our souls , and with all our minds , and our neighbor as ourselves , as the sum of all that was taught and prescribed in the law and the prophets . Indeed it cannot be supposed , that ...
... speaks of loving God with all our hearts , with all our souls , and with all our minds , and our neighbor as ourselves , as the sum of all that was taught and prescribed in the law and the prophets . Indeed it cannot be supposed , that ...
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Page 76 - But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Page 13 - And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Page 184 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 40 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: ' when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 57 - Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Page 258 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 212 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 94 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 19 - How amiable are thy tabernacles,- O Lord of hosts ! " My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and, my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 121 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.