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Page 16
... begin by wishing their brethren in Christ the choicest spiritual blessings ; and in sixteen of the epistles these blessings are grace and peace . Grace and peace then must be some- thing very precious , seeing that they were the ...
... begin by wishing their brethren in Christ the choicest spiritual blessings ; and in sixteen of the epistles these blessings are grace and peace . Grace and peace then must be some- thing very precious , seeing that they were the ...
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... begin with the first : grace means favour . To shew grace is to shew favour . To be in a person's good graces is to be in favour with him . An act of grace is an act of favour , of that favour which arises from mercy and love , and ...
... begin with the first : grace means favour . To shew grace is to shew favour . To be in a person's good graces is to be in favour with him . An act of grace is an act of favour , of that favour which arises from mercy and love , and ...
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... begin by tasting it . This assuredly is the best knowledge that anybody can have of God . He who enjoys this precious knowledge , has the proof of the gospel in himself . For to him has Jesus fulfilled the promise , which he made the ...
... begin by tasting it . This assuredly is the best knowledge that anybody can have of God . He who enjoys this precious knowledge , has the proof of the gospel in himself . For to him has Jesus fulfilled the promise , which he made the ...
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... begin and finish for himself ; but that it is more like the gradual and secret workings of nature , where , though it is man's duty to dig and plough , and plant and sow , and weed and water , yet , after all is done , God alone giveth ...
... begin and finish for himself ; but that it is more like the gradual and secret workings of nature , where , though it is man's duty to dig and plough , and plant and sow , and weed and water , yet , after all is done , God alone giveth ...
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... begin to be wise is not enough . Therefore the Psalmist adds , “ A good understand- ing have they that do thereafter . " As though he had said in other words , " Do not deceive your- selves ; do not mistake the prickings of conscience ...
... begin to be wise is not enough . Therefore the Psalmist adds , “ A good understand- ing have they that do thereafter . " As though he had said in other words , " Do not deceive your- selves ; do not mistake the prickings of conscience ...
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Page 30 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 283 - Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness : by Whose stripes ye were healed.
Page 324 - And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Page 261 - What shall we then say to these things ? If God be for us, who can be against us ? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things ? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect ? It is God that justifieth.
Page 113 - Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.
Page 424 - And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
Page 410 - And when they had received it, they murmured against the good man of the house, saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Page 238 - Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters ! They have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger; they are gone away backward.
Page 237 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Page 331 - But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.