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... obey his will , and put your trust in the words of men . But he has made a still better provision . He takes care that , from your earliest childhood , you should have standing by your side his own appointed witnesses wit- nesses of ...
... obey his will , and put your trust in the words of men . But he has made a still better provision . He takes care that , from your earliest childhood , you should have standing by your side his own appointed witnesses wit- nesses of ...
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... obey them , as set over you by God , until you have from God some positive command to the contrary brought to you by ministers more for- mally accredited , with superior powers ; and he will bear you safe from harm . For this is the ...
... obey them , as set over you by God , until you have from God some positive command to the contrary brought to you by ministers more for- mally accredited , with superior powers ; and he will bear you safe from harm . For this is the ...
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... obey your parents . Believe in and obey your king ; and never dispute their voice , except you are commanded by — whom ? I will tell you this in another chapter . CHAPTER III . It is not unlikely that you think 14 GOD'S FIRST TWO WITNESSES ...
... obey your parents . Believe in and obey your king ; and never dispute their voice , except you are commanded by — whom ? I will tell you this in another chapter . CHAPTER III . It is not unlikely that you think 14 GOD'S FIRST TWO WITNESSES ...
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... obey . Now all this is liable to much misinterpretation ; and there are not a few persons in the world who would put on , when they read it , a very grave face , and use very hard words , as if a little book contain- ing such notions ...
... obey . Now all this is liable to much misinterpretation ; and there are not a few persons in the world who would put on , when they read it , a very grave face , and use very hard words , as if a little book contain- ing such notions ...
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... obey God , and so should at least be safe from pro- voking his anger against us , however we might err ; for he would be satisfied with our wish and intention to do his will , even if we happened to be misled by others in its meaning ...
... obey God , and so should at least be safe from pro- voking his anger against us , however we might err ; for he would be satisfied with our wish and intention to do his will , even if we happened to be misled by others in its meaning ...
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Page 226 - BAPTISM is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration, or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the Church ; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be. the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God.
Page 100 - And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body...
Page 223 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 260 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth...
Page 120 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Page 260 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 184 - Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence.
Page 164 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 86 - And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them...
Page 153 - For I know that in me (that is in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.