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... saint . He performs all those overt acts of religion which he would perform , if he were at heart a sincere follower of Christ . Hence the beauty of his external conduct induces him to imagine that he is so . Thus Paul felt before the ...
... saint . He performs all those overt acts of religion which he would perform , if he were at heart a sincere follower of Christ . Hence the beauty of his external conduct induces him to imagine that he is so . Thus Paul felt before the ...
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... saint sees and loves . The prophecy of Esaias is fulfilled in the experience of thou- sands : Hearing they shall hear , and not under- stand ; and seeing they shall see and not PER- CEIVE . Something more is necessary to make a man a ...
... saint sees and loves . The prophecy of Esaias is fulfilled in the experience of thou- sands : Hearing they shall hear , and not under- stand ; and seeing they shall see and not PER- CEIVE . Something more is necessary to make a man a ...
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... saints . There is a state of mind differing from both these , from the former in degree , and from the latter in kind , which is designated by the phrase , conviction for sin . Impenitent sinners are often brought to see their own ...
... saints . There is a state of mind differing from both these , from the former in degree , and from the latter in kind , which is designated by the phrase , conviction for sin . Impenitent sinners are often brought to see their own ...
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... saints to execute judg- ment upon all , he will CONVINCE all that are ungodly among them oF ALL THEIR UNGODLY DEEDS which they have ungodly committed . How then can the conviction of ungodliness , be the evidence of godliness ? In the ...
... saints to execute judg- ment upon all , he will CONVINCE all that are ungodly among them oF ALL THEIR UNGODLY DEEDS which they have ungodly committed . How then can the conviction of ungodliness , be the evidence of godliness ? In the ...
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... saint and the sinner ? When they have given fair , logical answers to these ques- tions , they need not be ... saints ever have another holy feeling without the special operations of the Holy Spirit . " Still , an inability is ...
... saint and the sinner ? When they have given fair , logical answers to these ques- tions , they need not be ... saints ever have another holy feeling without the special operations of the Holy Spirit . " Still , an inability is ...
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Page 127 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 129 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 133 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about : mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of mine head : therefore my heart faileth me.
Page 74 - I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance : for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 118 - BLESSED are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. BLESSED are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted.
Page 39 - As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Page 58 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 156 - Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. "What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 157 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 107 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant, for with my staff I passed over this Jordan and now I am become two bands.