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... less than on a cloudy day in summer . Now is not something answering to this often met with in the world ? Do we not see many a man there disquieted and ill at ease in the midst of riches and luxuries ; while his poor neigh- bour , who ...
... less than on a cloudy day in summer . Now is not something answering to this often met with in the world ? Do we not see many a man there disquieted and ill at ease in the midst of riches and luxuries ; while his poor neigh- bour , who ...
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... less , could peace and unity be restored to the Church of Christ , were the day to come when " Ephraim shall no more envy Judah , and Judah shall not vex Ephraim , " ( Isaiah xi . 13 ) , could the world see the great and glorious sight ...
... less , could peace and unity be restored to the Church of Christ , were the day to come when " Ephraim shall no more envy Judah , and Judah shall not vex Ephraim , " ( Isaiah xi . 13 ) , could the world see the great and glorious sight ...
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... less , but all frequently , and all grievously and inexcusably . We know that every man has broken God's law , knowingly and wilfully , over and over again . That law too is a perfect law ; and the lawgiver is one whom there is no ...
... less , but all frequently , and all grievously and inexcusably . We know that every man has broken God's law , knowingly and wilfully , over and over again . That law too is a perfect law ; and the lawgiver is one whom there is no ...
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... less real , or the less delightful , nor does it less fill the heart . grace , If any of you then have a longing for peace , and put belief in what the Bible tells you , be per- suaded to look for peace in the quarter to which I have ...
... less real , or the less delightful , nor does it less fill the heart . grace , If any of you then have a longing for peace , and put belief in what the Bible tells you , be per- suaded to look for peace in the quarter to which I have ...
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... less sinful harshness and worldly - mindedness of old age . In a word , the true question to be an- swered is , have you since this time twelvemonth been going forward on the road to heaven ? or have you been going backward ? Many will ...
... less sinful harshness and worldly - mindedness of old age . In a word , the true question to be an- swered is , have you since this time twelvemonth been going forward on the road to heaven ? or have you been going backward ? Many will ...
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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.