The Works of Leonard Woods ...Gould and Lincoln, 1851 - Congregational churches |
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... produce a plentiful harvest of wheat , may contribute also to an uncommon growth of tares . What season of unusual prosperity has the church ever enjoyed , which has not , through the corruption of man's heart , proved a season of ...
... produce a plentiful harvest of wheat , may contribute also to an uncommon growth of tares . What season of unusual prosperity has the church ever enjoyed , which has not , through the corruption of man's heart , proved a season of ...
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... produce happy results , and that the common mode of preaching will become much more Scriptural than it has been . And I hope , too , that the growing attention to the Bible in our Christian community , and especially among the young ...
... produce happy results , and that the common mode of preaching will become much more Scriptural than it has been . And I hope , too , that the growing attention to the Bible in our Christian community , and especially among the young ...
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... this ? Where do they produce any proof of it ? Nowhere . They take it for granted . In order to get an exact idea of the manner in which the inspired teachers proceed in regard to man's moral obligation , LETTERS TO YOUNG MINISTERS . 27.
... this ? Where do they produce any proof of it ? Nowhere . They take it for granted . In order to get an exact idea of the manner in which the inspired teachers proceed in regard to man's moral obligation , LETTERS TO YOUNG MINISTERS . 27.
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... . other instances , equally striking , might easily be produced . Go through the Scriptures , and you will find it a general fact , that those teachers who were endued with wisdom from above 32 LETTERS TO YOUNG MINISTERS .
... . other instances , equally striking , might easily be produced . Go through the Scriptures , and you will find it a general fact , that those teachers who were endued with wisdom from above 32 LETTERS TO YOUNG MINISTERS .
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... produce it . " Again ; " Volition being a very simple act , whosoever desires to understand what it is , will better find it , by reflecting on his own mind , and observing what it does when it wills , than by any variety of articulate ...
... produce it . " Again ; " Volition being a very simple act , whosoever desires to understand what it is , will better find it , by reflecting on his own mind , and observing what it does when it wills , than by any variety of articulate ...
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Page 511 - 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 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 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 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 401 - For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body...
Page 536 - 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 180 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
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 455 - I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Page 28 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...