The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate1816 |
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... become unknown in the very bosom of the reformed churches , and that people coldly debate , with a dry and barren morality after the example of Pagan philosophers , without attending to Him who has said , Come unto me , and I will give ...
... become unknown in the very bosom of the reformed churches , and that people coldly debate , with a dry and barren morality after the example of Pagan philosophers , without attending to Him who has said , Come unto me , and I will give ...
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... become our Redeemer ; we do not preach the Our first set of extracts will be godliness - that is , of the Gospel- Gospel . For great is the mystery of Luke xiv . 27. - XXIII . How to use the World so as not to abuse it , 1.Cor . vii ...
... become our Redeemer ; we do not preach the Our first set of extracts will be godliness - that is , of the Gospel- Gospel . For great is the mystery of Luke xiv . 27. - XXIII . How to use the World so as not to abuse it , 1.Cor . vii ...
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... become like those of Hezekiah , when he gathered the captains of war toge- ther , and spake comfortably to them , saying ; Be strong and courageous : be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of with him ; for there are more with us ...
... become like those of Hezekiah , when he gathered the captains of war toge- ther , and spake comfortably to them , saying ; Be strong and courageous : be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of with him ; for there are more with us ...
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... become , through grace , our friends , our ministering spirits , our examples , our eternal associates . Under these heads he beautifully classes almost all the appearances and , indeed , nearly every mention of the angelic bost in ...
... become , through grace , our friends , our ministering spirits , our examples , our eternal associates . Under these heads he beautifully classes almost all the appearances and , indeed , nearly every mention of the angelic bost in ...
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... become malignant and deceitful . Assailed with rage and execration , our passions too would be kindled ; and where we were hated , we should soon learn to hate in our turn . But not to pursue further this awful contrast , let us suppose ...
... become malignant and deceitful . Assailed with rage and execration , our passions too would be kindled ; and where we were hated , we should soon learn to hate in our turn . But not to pursue further this awful contrast , let us suppose ...
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Page 129 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another ; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 108 - When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 221 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 223 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 165 - For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 543 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 577 - For this cause also thank we GOD without ceasing, because when ye received the Word of GOD, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the Word of GOD, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 214 - Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own Providence, not the Interpreters, be then manifested thereby to the world.
Page 362 - O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes : great peace have they that love thy law. and nothing shall offend them.
Page 586 - ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin; grant that we, being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy HOLY SPIRIT, through the same our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same SPIRIT, ever one GOD, world without end. Amen.