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... prove , that either necessity , or misfortune had brought them to Enfield , were welcome . Here , therefore , were to be seen , from time to time , soldiers ' wives ; men and women travelling to their parishes ; widows , who had lost ...
... prove , that either necessity , or misfortune had brought them to Enfield , were welcome . Here , therefore , were to be seen , from time to time , soldiers ' wives ; men and women travelling to their parishes ; widows , who had lost ...
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... proved them liars , I have no right to disbelieve their solemn assurances , that they cannot obtain it . " His plan was to take them in for a night ; to offer them work the next day ; and , if they did not accept the offer , he ...
... proved them liars , I have no right to disbelieve their solemn assurances , that they cannot obtain it . " His plan was to take them in for a night ; to offer them work the next day ; and , if they did not accept the offer , he ...
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... prove beneficial to their souls . Moreover , he was desirous that his little charge should get the habit of subscribing something to relieve the wants , especially the spiritual wants , of their fellow - creatures . By the plan in ...
... prove beneficial to their souls . Moreover , he was desirous that his little charge should get the habit of subscribing something to relieve the wants , especially the spiritual wants , of their fellow - creatures . By the plan in ...
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... proved myself not a man who fears the opinions of others . You seem to consider it a sad thing , that I should sanction any thing out of the Church . The worst that you can say of me , however , is , that I keep a pious priest : I fear ...
... proved myself not a man who fears the opinions of others . You seem to consider it a sad thing , that I should sanction any thing out of the Church . The worst that you can say of me , however , is , that I keep a pious priest : I fear ...
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... prove at least as incompetent to the office as the individuals you have pointed out . How , I repeat , then , would you avoid the evil you decry ? i , " By the simplest process imaginable , " rejoined Mr Smith ; " a process already ...
... prove at least as incompetent to the office as the individuals you have pointed out . How , I repeat , then , would you avoid the evil you decry ? i , " By the simplest process imaginable , " rejoined Mr Smith ; " a process already ...
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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.