Private Thoughts Upon Religion and a Christian LifeA.J. Valpy ; sold by Longman, Baldwin, Rivington & Company, 1821 - 369 pages |
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... serve God aright , and expect happiness thereby , as well as you ? " So that to be a Christian only upon the grounds of birth or education , is all one as if I were a Turk or a heathen ; for if I had been born amongst them , I should ...
... serve God aright , and expect happiness thereby , as well as you ? " So that to be a Christian only upon the grounds of birth or education , is all one as if I were a Turk or a heathen ; for if I had been born amongst them , I should ...
Page 34
... serve and obey him that made me in a right manner , and thereby to be made partaker of that happi- ness my nature is ... served most like himself , that is , most suitably and conformably to his nature and will ; and , secondly , since ...
... serve and obey him that made me in a right manner , and thereby to be made partaker of that happi- ness my nature is ... served most like himself , that is , most suitably and conformably to his nature and will ; and , secondly , since ...
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... serve him with all our hearts , with all our souls , our might and mind ; which is indeed the perfection of all true worship whatsoever . And as God is here worshipped aright , so is the happi- ness which is here entailed upon this true ...
... serve him with all our hearts , with all our souls , our might and mind ; which is indeed the perfection of all true worship whatsoever . And as God is here worshipped aright , so is the happi- ness which is here entailed upon this true ...
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... serving God in such a manner as will be acceptable to him here , and of enjoying here- after those exceeding great and precious promises , that he has reserved in heaven for such as do so . Unto these books , therefore , of the law and ...
... serving God in such a manner as will be acceptable to him here , and of enjoying here- after those exceeding great and precious promises , that he has reserved in heaven for such as do so . Unto these books , therefore , of the law and ...
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... serve my God , so as to make him the alpha and omega , the first and the last , of my whole life . And , that I may always have an exact copy before me , to write and frame every letter of this my life by . RESOLUTION I. I am resolved ...
... serve my God , so as to make him the alpha and omega , the first and the last , of my whole life . And , that I may always have an exact copy before me , to write and frame every letter of this my life by . RESOLUTION I. I am resolved ...
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Page 199 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 190 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Page 91 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 129 - If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, To give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Page 240 - O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Page 231 - But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Page 197 - Lord's Prayer, and the ten Commandments, in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health...
Page 193 - God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.
Page 274 - If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Page 277 - And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.