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... objects , tastes , and desires , altogether different from those of the natural man . It was the sovereign will of God , that those who are saved should be fitted for their glorious inheritance by the discipline 2 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY .
... objects , tastes , and desires , altogether different from those of the natural man . It was the sovereign will of God , that those who are saved should be fitted for their glorious inheritance by the discipline 2 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY .
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... desires of the natural man , but raised and stimulated by the Author of evil . False Christs and false prophets were ... desire of a godless pre - eminence , were to subvert the faith of the unstable.3 As the apostle said , " There must ...
... desires of the natural man , but raised and stimulated by the Author of evil . False Christs and false prophets were ... desire of a godless pre - eminence , were to subvert the faith of the unstable.3 As the apostle said , " There must ...
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... desires , the vices , and the sins of the world and the flesh , - how strange is it to reflect , that even from the ear- liest times , Satan has succeeded in deceiving some wicked men into a persuasion , that the disciples of Him who ...
... desires , the vices , and the sins of the world and the flesh , - how strange is it to reflect , that even from the ear- liest times , Satan has succeeded in deceiving some wicked men into a persuasion , that the disciples of Him who ...
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... desire of martyrdom , himself also was dragged to the tribunal ; his body worn out with age and disease , but his life being still kept in him , that Christ might triumph through it ; who , when brought by the soldiers to the tribunal ...
... desire of martyrdom , himself also was dragged to the tribunal ; his body worn out with age and disease , but his life being still kept in him , that Christ might triumph through it ; who , when brought by the soldiers to the tribunal ...
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... desire and love for the holy Scriptures , and he was soon convinced that the doctrine of our Saviour was the only sure and cer- tain truth . He then perceived the utter falsehood of the calumnies against Christians : " I understood ...
... desire and love for the holy Scriptures , and he was soon convinced that the doctrine of our Saviour was the only sure and cer- tain truth . He then perceived the utter falsehood of the calumnies against Christians : " I understood ...
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Page 46 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice : and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Page 7 - And the word of God increased ; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Page 34 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 98 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 272 - Saviour Jesus Christ»; to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for ever ; Amen, Amen.
Page 276 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 3 - But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are : depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 55 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Page 6 - But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Page 130 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.