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... glory appeared unto our father Abraham , when he was in Mesopotamia , before he dwelt in Haran , or Charran , and said unto him , Get thee out of thy country , and from thy kindred , and come into the land which I shall show thee . Then ...
... glory appeared unto our father Abraham , when he was in Mesopotamia , before he dwelt in Haran , or Charran , and said unto him , Get thee out of thy country , and from thy kindred , and come into the land which I shall show thee . Then ...
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... glory ; but not before God . For what saith the Scripture ? Abraham believed God , and it was counted unto him for righteousness . Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace , but of debt . But to him that worketh not ...
... glory ; but not before God . For what saith the Scripture ? Abraham believed God , and it was counted unto him for righteousness . Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace , but of debt . But to him that worketh not ...
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... glory that afterwards dwelt between the cherubim , and shone at the gates of Paradise upon the exiles that left ; or whether it was by an express command , audible to Abraham , and intelligible to him , we are not informed . This ...
... glory that afterwards dwelt between the cherubim , and shone at the gates of Paradise upon the exiles that left ; or whether it was by an express command , audible to Abraham , and intelligible to him , we are not informed . This ...
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... are freely and heartily welcome , and then they will be so smitten with the glory of the higher thing , that they will give up the lower , and cease from loving things that are foolish , and vain , and frail , that they A PILGRIM FATHER .
... are freely and heartily welcome , and then they will be so smitten with the glory of the higher thing , that they will give up the lower , and cease from loving things that are foolish , and vain , and frail , that they A PILGRIM FATHER .
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... glory hereafter ; and let them that use the world , that is , discharge its duties , as soldiers , sailors , tradesmen , merchants , professional men -use the world— do not be monks , do not be stoics - there is no merit in either , but ...
... glory hereafter ; and let them that use the world , that is , discharge its duties , as soldiers , sailors , tradesmen , merchants , professional men -use the world— do not be monks , do not be stoics - there is no merit in either , but ...
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Page 202 - But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Page 142 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 143 - Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 138 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac ; and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said ; That in Isaac shall thy seed be called ; accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 70 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men...
Page 353 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God...
Page 109 - Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 108 - And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and...
Page 64 - Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise. But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors: Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Page 2 - And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, " In thee shall all nations be blessed.