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... leave , in testimony of his admiration for your piety , and wisdom , to inscribe to you the following small volume . If in its pages you should discover any thing in- consistent with the spirit of christian meekness , he hopes that ...
... leave , in testimony of his admiration for your piety , and wisdom , to inscribe to you the following small volume . If in its pages you should discover any thing in- consistent with the spirit of christian meekness , he hopes that ...
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... leave ; and , after he had gone , Eugenius thought a good deal about what his Visitor had said to him on the subject of gentility . It was his wish to avoid the appearance of every thing mean and sordid , and he set himself to think how ...
... leave ; and , after he had gone , Eugenius thought a good deal about what his Visitor had said to him on the subject of gentility . It was his wish to avoid the appearance of every thing mean and sordid , and he set himself to think how ...
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... leaving them free to associate with the enemies of God . Their common sense will soon lead them to discern this inconsis- tency in your practice ; and , this very discovery , will dispose them to doubt the influence of true religion on ...
... leaving them free to associate with the enemies of God . Their common sense will soon lead them to discern this inconsis- tency in your practice ; and , this very discovery , will dispose them to doubt the influence of true religion on ...
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... dark and cheerless ; and he passed into eternity , leaving it a matter of painful doubt what character that eternity would have to him . With feelings of little complacency towards his family , to whose wishes he 18 ENFIELD .
... dark and cheerless ; and he passed into eternity , leaving it a matter of painful doubt what character that eternity would have to him . With feelings of little complacency towards his family , to whose wishes he 18 ENFIELD .
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... leave it to these to speak for me , hoping that they may , silently , work their way . " Mr Wyberg was not disappointed in his hopes.- Mrs W. gradually relaxed in her opposition , and in every thing in which he was he should take ...
... leave it to these to speak for me , hoping that they may , silently , work their way . " Mr Wyberg was not disappointed in his hopes.- Mrs W. gradually relaxed in her opposition , and in every thing in which he was he should take ...
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Page 15 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 6 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 103 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 143 - by grace we are saved through faith ; and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast?
Page 83 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 19 - I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Page ii - This is a. faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.
Page 86 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 188 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 137 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.