The Works of Leonard Woods, D.D.J.P. Jewett, 1851 - Congregational churches |
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... tion have we cause to be awake , and to guard against the designs of our enemy , who is always plotting against the church , and is never better pleased than when he sees us lulled to sleep by prosperity . If any man shall look abroad ...
... tion have we cause to be awake , and to guard against the designs of our enemy , who is always plotting against the church , and is never better pleased than when he sees us lulled to sleep by prosperity . If any man shall look abroad ...
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... tion to obey the divine law , as it is for a teacher of optics to take it for granted that his pupils have the sense of seeing ; or for a teacher of geometry , that his pupils have the faculty of under- standing . And in ordinary cases ...
... tion to obey the divine law , as it is for a teacher of optics to take it for granted that his pupils have the sense of seeing ; or for a teacher of geometry , that his pupils have the faculty of under- standing . And in ordinary cases ...
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... tion , were endued with the powers of moral agency , and that it was just and reasonable they should be under law ? What reason have we to suppose , from what appears in holy writ , that they ever deemed it necessary or proper to assert ...
... tion , were endued with the powers of moral agency , and that it was just and reasonable they should be under law ? What reason have we to suppose , from what appears in holy writ , that they ever deemed it necessary or proper to assert ...
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... tion as moral agents , not by asserting the fact of their moral agency , nor by discoursing on the grounds of moral obligation , but by holding forth and applying those momentous truths , which were adapted to awaken their moral ...
... tion as moral agents , not by asserting the fact of their moral agency , nor by discoursing on the grounds of moral obligation , but by holding forth and applying those momentous truths , which were adapted to awaken their moral ...
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... tion , which generally denotes the emotion of the mind , may be used , as it sometimes has been , to denote also the mental faculty . But this faculty has more frequently been called the will , or heart . But the objects of science and ...
... tion , which generally denotes the emotion of the mind , may be used , as it sometimes has been , to denote also the mental faculty . But this faculty has more frequently been called the will , or heart . But the objects of science and ...
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Page 402 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Page 509 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 360 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 367 - 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 351 - In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Page 379 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 534 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 203 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 32 - Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Page 395 - For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.