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... reason to be at peace : for , as the apostle exclaims , " If we are followers of that which is good , who is he that will harm us ? " ( 1 Peter iii . 13. ) Here I should conclude , but for one caution most necessary to be given . Some ...
... reason to be at peace : for , as the apostle exclaims , " If we are followers of that which is good , who is he that will harm us ? " ( 1 Peter iii . 13. ) Here I should conclude , but for one caution most necessary to be given . Some ...
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... reason , to that reason by which the affairs of this world are ordered and controlled ? That will tell him , that , according to the laws of man , every offence has its set punishment . It is no excuse for a person who has broken any ...
... reason , to that reason by which the affairs of this world are ordered and controlled ? That will tell him , that , according to the laws of man , every offence has its set punishment . It is no excuse for a person who has broken any ...
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... reason bestow ? Its sen- tence must be , Thou hast broken the law ; there- fore thou must bear the penalty of the law . But perhaps some one , after being thus baffled by his conscience and his reason , may think of turning to the Old ...
... reason bestow ? Its sen- tence must be , Thou hast broken the law ; there- fore thou must bear the penalty of the law . But perhaps some one , after being thus baffled by his conscience and his reason , may think of turning to the Old ...
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... reason : but he gets no hope , or comfort , or peace from them . Conscience tells him , " I have no peace to give thee , because I know thee to be a sinner . " Reason tells him , " I have no peace to give thee , because thou hast broken ...
... reason : but he gets no hope , or comfort , or peace from them . Conscience tells him , " I have no peace to give thee , because I know thee to be a sinner . " Reason tells him , " I have no peace to give thee , because thou hast broken ...
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... reasons : first from the nature of the thing ; because nothing short of God can satisfy an immortal soul ; and , so long as the soul is unsatisfied , a man cannot be more than half happy . Moreover the wisest man that ever 28 GRACE ...
... reasons : first from the nature of the thing ; because nothing short of God can satisfy an immortal soul ; and , so long as the soul is unsatisfied , a man cannot be more than half happy . Moreover the wisest man that ever 28 GRACE ...
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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.