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... Let this hallowed season be taken from devotion , and given to pleasure , and the character is from that time open to all the inroads of sin , without any check . CHAPTER III . SOURCES OF DANGER CONTINUED . BAD COMPANIONS 390 DANGER .
... Let this hallowed season be taken from devotion , and given to pleasure , and the character is from that time open to all the inroads of sin , without any check . CHAPTER III . SOURCES OF DANGER CONTINUED . BAD COMPANIONS 390 DANGER .
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... given him , or he can afford to purchase ; who avails himself of the dinner or supper party , to go as far as he can without actual intoxication , -is already an incipient tippler ; and if he does not stop at once , and practise total ...
... given him , or he can afford to purchase ; who avails himself of the dinner or supper party , to go as far as he can without actual intoxication , -is already an incipient tippler ; and if he does not stop at once , and practise total ...
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... given place to the ribaldries of Paine , and the more recent absurdities of Owen . The system , if system it may be called , of the latter , is obtruded upon public notice under the guise of an attractive misnomer , and pushed forward ...
... given place to the ribaldries of Paine , and the more recent absurdities of Owen . The system , if system it may be called , of the latter , is obtruded upon public notice under the guise of an attractive misnomer , and pushed forward ...
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... given to be your delight by virtuous exercise on right objects , may be all . perverted so as to become like so many demons , possessing and tormenting your soul , because they are set on things forbidden , and indulged to excess . Your ...
... given to be your delight by virtuous exercise on right objects , may be all . perverted so as to become like so many demons , possessing and tormenting your soul , because they are set on things forbidden , and indulged to excess . Your ...
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... given up , and prayer wholly discontinued . A great restraint was now removed , and a barrier thrown down . * The fear of God , * As an illustration of the hardening effect of leaving off prayer , where the habit had been previously ...
... given up , and prayer wholly discontinued . A great restraint was now removed , and a barrier thrown down . * The fear of God , * As an illustration of the hardening effect of leaving off prayer , where the habit had been previously ...
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Page 176 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 88 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 24 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Page 86 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Page 140 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 84 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 63 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Page 109 - Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; there is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Page 156 - There, said they, is mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the innumerable company of Angels, and the Spirits of just men made perfect.
Page 170 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford.