A Parting Memorial: Consisting of Miscellaneous Discourses, Written and Preached in China, at Singapore, on Board Ship at Sea in the Indian Ocean, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in England : with Remarks on Missions, &c. &c |
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... Bible . For example , take the sin of idolatry ; that of changing the glory of the incorruptible God , into an image made like to corruptible man , or to birds , or four - footed beasts , or creeping reptiles , or stocks , or stones ...
... Bible . For example , take the sin of idolatry ; that of changing the glory of the incorruptible God , into an image made like to corruptible man , or to birds , or four - footed beasts , or creeping reptiles , or stocks , or stones ...
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... Bible he says , " Look unto me and be ye saved , all the ends of the earth , for I am God , and beside me there is no Saviour . " Now , then , salvation is to be sought for out of ourselves , and not from works of righte- ousness that ...
... Bible he says , " Look unto me and be ye saved , all the ends of the earth , for I am God , and beside me there is no Saviour . " Now , then , salvation is to be sought for out of ourselves , and not from works of righte- ousness that ...
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... Bible , and there is nothing that can be properly called faith ; for a person cannot believe a proposition , the existence of which he does not know ; nor can he believe a proposition , the terms of which he does not comprehend ...
... Bible , and there is nothing that can be properly called faith ; for a person cannot believe a proposition , the existence of which he does not know ; nor can he believe a proposition , the terms of which he does not comprehend ...
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... Bible says , " The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men . " A man conscious of being ungodly and unrighteous , believes this , and he flees for refuge from divine wrath to the hope set ...
... Bible says , " The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men . " A man conscious of being ungodly and unrighteous , believes this , and he flees for refuge from divine wrath to the hope set ...
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... Bible , or the doctrines of Christ crucified , although they have some conviction that Christianity , on the whole , is true . It is confessed , that to man's wicked , weak , and be- clouded mind , there are in the world many things to ...
... Bible , or the doctrines of Christ crucified , although they have some conviction that Christianity , on the whole , is true . It is confessed , that to man's wicked , weak , and be- clouded mind , there are in the world many things to ...
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Page 179 - For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Page 207 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Page 316 - But I have used none of these things : neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me : for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
Page 37 - Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful...
Page 189 - For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 189 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin...
Page 202 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 323 - ... or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another...
Page 223 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 316 - But Peter said unto him ; Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.