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... perfect . He had sinned , and his faith , like that of all , had also faltered , and although in one special instance he staggered not , yet in other and suc- ceeding events he may have done so . He had left the home of his youth , the ...
... perfect . He had sinned , and his faith , like that of all , had also faltered , and although in one special instance he staggered not , yet in other and suc- ceeding events he may have done so . He had left the home of his youth , the ...
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... perfect peace , you will not fear , you will find in him your shield and your exceeding great reward . This fearlessness , or absence of disquieting fear , is one of those states that will best strengthen and prepare us for the duties ...
... perfect peace , you will not fear , you will find in him your shield and your exceeding great reward . This fearlessness , or absence of disquieting fear , is one of those states that will best strengthen and prepare us for the duties ...
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... perfect peace because he trusts in the Lord , can make preparation to master every trial , to beat back every spiritual foe , to strengthen and increase every position that he occupies , and be sure that he will be more than conqueror ...
... perfect peace because he trusts in the Lord , can make preparation to master every trial , to beat back every spiritual foe , to strengthen and increase every position that he occupies , and be sure that he will be more than conqueror ...
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... refreshed by its waters , reposing in perfect peace , until earth is covered by the sunshine , and made a section of the great continent of eternity . CHAPTER III . AN ANCIENT CHRISTIAN . " For wisdom 34 THE TENT AND THE ALTAR .
... refreshed by its waters , reposing in perfect peace , until earth is covered by the sunshine , and made a section of the great continent of eternity . CHAPTER III . AN ANCIENT CHRISTIAN . " For wisdom 34 THE TENT AND THE ALTAR .
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... perfect . ” — GEN . xvii . 1 . THERE is announced in the words of Moses , " And when Abram was ninety years old and nine , the Lord appeared to Abram , and said unto him , I am the Almighty God ; walk before me , and be thou perfect ...
... perfect . ” — GEN . xvii . 1 . THERE is announced in the words of Moses , " And when Abram was ninety years old and nine , the Lord appeared to Abram , and said unto him , I am the Almighty God ; walk before me , and be thou perfect ...
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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 1 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : And I will bless them that bless thee : and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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 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 105 - And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked : 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds...