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... matter ? If there be such a person , natural reason might perhaps encourage him to look for pardon at God's hands . But we all know there is no such person in the world , nor ever was . We all know , if we know any thing about the matter ...
... matter ? If there be such a person , natural reason might perhaps encourage him to look for pardon at God's hands . But we all know there is no such person in the world , nor ever was . We all know , if we know any thing about the matter ...
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... matter those outward worries and distresses , which harass and trouble the children of this world ? Truly they are little more to it , than the rattling of the hail on the tiles to a man sitting by a good fire with a plentiful meal ...
... matter those outward worries and distresses , which harass and trouble the children of this world ? Truly they are little more to it , than the rattling of the hail on the tiles to a man sitting by a good fire with a plentiful meal ...
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... matter since the time of our glorious Reforma- tion ; and we are only beginning to recover our lost ground . Our forefathers carried on the education of the poor by frequent and diligent catechizing ; that is , by questioning them over ...
... matter since the time of our glorious Reforma- tion ; and we are only beginning to recover our lost ground . Our forefathers carried on the education of the poor by frequent and diligent catechizing ; that is , by questioning them over ...
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... matter , so you understand the thing , ) the grace of mercy . When a king grants a pardon to his rebellious subjects , it is called an act of grace . Well then may the universal pardon which the King of heaven has freely offered to his ...
... matter , so you understand the thing , ) the grace of mercy . When a king grants a pardon to his rebellious subjects , it is called an act of grace . Well then may the universal pardon which the King of heaven has freely offered to his ...
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... matter closely , what is this but crying peace where there is no peace ? plainly told us in his holy book , punish men for these very things . call anything trifling , on which God has set the mark of his displeasure ? dare we flatter ...
... matter closely , what is this but crying peace where there is no peace ? plainly told us in his holy book , punish men for these very things . call anything trifling , on which God has set the mark of his displeasure ? dare we flatter ...
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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.