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Page xiii
... standing in the outward court of the temple of truth ? Is there no means afforded us of drawing nearer to its altar , than according to the distance measured by our capacity for understanding God's infinite perfection ? Happily for us ...
... standing in the outward court of the temple of truth ? Is there no means afforded us of drawing nearer to its altar , than according to the distance measured by our capacity for understanding God's infinite perfection ? Happily for us ...
Page xvii
... standing , thus illuminated , is fixed on him , the being of the man becomes purer and more exalted in its tendencies . But neither does the Gospel stop here . The Spirit of wisdom and revelation is not given so as to enable man to ...
... standing , thus illuminated , is fixed on him , the being of the man becomes purer and more exalted in its tendencies . But neither does the Gospel stop here . The Spirit of wisdom and revelation is not given so as to enable man to ...
Page xxxiii
... stand , ) I think it proper to entreat all who honour this book with any degree of their attention , duly to consider the authorities , human as well as Scrip- tural , on which it is founded , and not to reject doctrines in which their ...
... stand , ) I think it proper to entreat all who honour this book with any degree of their attention , duly to consider the authorities , human as well as Scrip- tural , on which it is founded , and not to reject doctrines in which their ...
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... standing all that has been written to demonstrate Christianity , by argument drawn from reasoning and history , infidelity has increased , and is every day increasing more and more . Let those who think the dry argumentative apologies ...
... standing all that has been written to demonstrate Christianity , by argument drawn from reasoning and history , infidelity has increased , and is every day increasing more and more . Let those who think the dry argumentative apologies ...
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... stand at the door and knock , ' and upon very many passages of Scripture beside , so it standeth with reason , that the offer , if accepted , should be sufficient , exparte sua , to do the work , which , if not accepted , is sufficient ...
... stand at the door and knock , ' and upon very many passages of Scripture beside , so it standeth with reason , that the offer , if accepted , should be sufficient , exparte sua , to do the work , which , if not accepted , is sufficient ...
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Page 112 - No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Page 39 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 304 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 14 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree ; him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Page 80 - Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Page 125 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 193 - 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 men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 222 - A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep...
Page 274 - Let thy Fatherly hand, we beseech thee, ever be over them : Let thy HOLY SPIRIT ever be with them : and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting life...
Page 246 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.