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... possessed but one mouth . " Such was the universal belief of Christians in the second century , as it still continues in the nineteenth . We here find the most plain assertions of the God- head of the Father , the Son , and the Holy ...
... possessed but one mouth . " Such was the universal belief of Christians in the second century , as it still continues in the nineteenth . We here find the most plain assertions of the God- head of the Father , the Son , and the Holy ...
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... possessions , now bring to the common stock all our property , and share it with the indigent ; we who , owing to diversity of customs , would not share the same hearth with a different race , now , since the appearance of Christ , live ...
... possessions , now bring to the common stock all our property , and share it with the indigent ; we who , owing to diversity of customs , would not share the same hearth with a different race , now , since the appearance of Christ , live ...
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... possessions , and made such advances in piety , that even his calamities made no change in it : neither want nor pain overcame him ; the persuasions of his wife , the bitter pains of his body , did not subdue him . Virtue and deeply ...
... possessions , and made such advances in piety , that even his calamities made no change in it : neither want nor pain overcame him ; the persuasions of his wife , the bitter pains of his body , did not subdue him . Virtue and deeply ...
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... possession of paradise once lost , are now drawing near , while the world is passing away . Great and heavenly things are now succeeding to earthly things ; small and perishing concerns are giving way to Eternity . What room is there ...
... possession of paradise once lost , are now drawing near , while the world is passing away . Great and heavenly things are now succeeding to earthly things ; small and perishing concerns are giving way to Eternity . What room is there ...
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... possessions to the treasury of heaven . To these , beloved brethren , let us with eager desire hasten ; and let us wish that we may quickly be with them , quickly come to Christ . May God behold this thought in us . May the Lord Christ ...
... possessions to the treasury of heaven . To these , beloved brethren , let us with eager desire hasten ; and let us wish that we may quickly be with them , quickly come to Christ . May God behold this thought in us . May the Lord Christ ...
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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.