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heart . ' * _ The heart was in a high degree depraved , but every good affection
towards God and towards man was not totally extinguished . ' - Let us next
consider the parable of the sower , and particularly the explanation of that - seed
which ...
heart . ' * _ The heart was in a high degree depraved , but every good affection
towards God and towards man was not totally extinguished . ' - Let us next
consider the parable of the sower , and particularly the explanation of that - seed
which ...
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Thus good impressions require divine truth as the seal , reason and freewill as
the hand , and honesty of heart as the soft wax . A dishonest and bad heart , like
the hard wax , resists the seal . God vouchsafes to all men who hear the gospel ,
a ...
Thus good impressions require divine truth as the seal , reason and freewill as
the hand , and honesty of heart as the soft wax . A dishonest and bad heart , like
the hard wax , resists the seal . God vouchsafes to all men who hear the gospel ,
a ...
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Spirit's operation is not the will , bat the heart , as the source of moral actions . A
physical , or positive influence on the will itself directly , would in the same
degree destroy its freedom ; whereas a direct influence on the heart leaves the
freedom ...
Spirit's operation is not the will , bat the heart , as the source of moral actions . A
physical , or positive influence on the will itself directly , would in the same
degree destroy its freedom ; whereas a direct influence on the heart leaves the
freedom ...
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I answer , in the Heart , according to the scriptural acceptation of the term . Our
Saviour tells us , that “ out of the heart proceed evil thoughts , murders , adulteries
, fornications , thefts , false witness , blasphemies . These are the things which ...
I answer , in the Heart , according to the scriptural acceptation of the term . Our
Saviour tells us , that “ out of the heart proceed evil thoughts , murders , adulteries
, fornications , thefts , false witness , blasphemies . These are the things which ...
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veil : and to a blind or hard heart St. Paul imputes ignorance and a darkened
understanding . ” Solomon addresses fools , as those who have not an
understanding heart . ” + He observes also , " that the heart of the sons of men is
full of evil ...
veil : and to a blind or hard heart St. Paul imputes ignorance and a darkened
understanding . ” Solomon addresses fools , as those who have not an
understanding heart . ” + He observes also , " that the heart of the sons of men is
full of evil ...
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