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... important duties allotted to him ; and thus remark- ably blessed by a gracious and bountiful Providence , was his course up to this period . Virtuously reared in the midst of domestic retirement , transplanted at once to a sphere of ...
... important duties allotted to him ; and thus remark- ably blessed by a gracious and bountiful Providence , was his course up to this period . Virtuously reared in the midst of domestic retirement , transplanted at once to a sphere of ...
Page xxx
... important point his desire to benefit those , whom Providence placed in his way , by pursuing the plan ( too little attended to at that time , ) of devoting one day in the week to the religious instruction of his pupils . It cannot ...
... important point his desire to benefit those , whom Providence placed in his way , by pursuing the plan ( too little attended to at that time , ) of devoting one day in the week to the religious instruction of his pupils . It cannot ...
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... important of the public charities . And the collec- tions obtained , on some of these occasions , by himself and Kirwan for the widow and orphan , have not since been equalled . Indeed , his qualifications as a preacher , were such as ...
... important of the public charities . And the collec- tions obtained , on some of these occasions , by himself and Kirwan for the widow and orphan , have not since been equalled . Indeed , his qualifications as a preacher , were such as ...
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... importance . Hence he always sought , not merely to awaken , but to convince his hearers ; and while endeavouring to enlist their affections on the side of religion , he also took care to lay in the depths of their understandings the ...
... importance . Hence he always sought , not merely to awaken , but to convince his hearers ; and while endeavouring to enlist their affections on the side of religion , he also took care to lay in the depths of their understandings the ...
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... important of its " nature in this entire metropolis , hitherto your glory " and your pride , shall preserve or contract its numbers , " shall remove or exclude those children of poverty . O , " will you be the cause of this exclusion ...
... important of its " nature in this entire metropolis , hitherto your glory " and your pride , shall preserve or contract its numbers , " shall remove or exclude those children of poverty . O , " will you be the cause of this exclusion ...
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Page clvii - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 156 - I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself : but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Page 16 - And he charged them that they should tell no man : but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it ,• and were beyond measure astonished, saying ; He hath done all things well ; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Page 117 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 164 - For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Page 68 - And they prayed, and said. Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
Page 125 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 15 - And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town ; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men, as trees, walking.
Page 138 - For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Page clvi - Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.