Letters to an Anxious Inquirer: Designed to Relieve the Difficulties of a Friend Under the Serious Impressions |
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... sense of a private Christian may enable him to say all that is necessary . But the inquirer is not always willing to do the former ; and he is very often incompetent to accomplish the latter . And yet indísposed , or unable , as he may ...
... sense of a private Christian may enable him to say all that is necessary . But the inquirer is not always willing to do the former ; and he is very often incompetent to accomplish the latter . And yet indísposed , or unable , as he may ...
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... sense view of every subject in his letters , and these views seem to have been formed from a practical ac- quaintance with the matters of which he treats . When these letters shall be known , they will be esteemed an important treasure ...
... sense view of every subject in his letters , and these views seem to have been formed from a practical ac- quaintance with the matters of which he treats . When these letters shall be known , they will be esteemed an important treasure ...
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... sense of decorum ? But it is as pre- valent among the ruder , as among the more polished classes of society . Shall we ascribe it to an unwillingness to obtrude our griefs upon the TO ANXIOUS INQUIRER, LETTER I Feelings of privacy ...
... sense of decorum ? But it is as pre- valent among the ruder , as among the more polished classes of society . Shall we ascribe it to an unwillingness to obtrude our griefs upon the TO ANXIOUS INQUIRER, LETTER I Feelings of privacy ...
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... sense and piety in the object of our choice , the interview may be blessed . And I see no necessary reason , as others profess to do , why such a choice should produce an undue leaning on human means : For we entertain , with little ...
... sense and piety in the object of our choice , the interview may be blessed . And I see no necessary reason , as others profess to do , why such a choice should produce an undue leaning on human means : For we entertain , with little ...
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... sense of want and danger . How will you account for all this ? " It is God that worketh in you . " You can look back with some surprise on the past ; while you compare it with your present sense of conviction . The thoughtlessness of ...
... sense of want and danger . How will you account for all this ? " It is God that worketh in you . " You can look back with some surprise on the past ; while you compare it with your present sense of conviction . The thoughtlessness of ...
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Page 283 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 255 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Page 200 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 151 - And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD : for he is an holy God ; he is a jealous God ; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Page 200 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all : yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness. is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Page 156 - For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Page 206 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed: and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye (Ezek., 18: 27-32).
Page 147 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame.
Page 171 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 201 - AMONG WHOM ALSO WE ALL HAD OUR CONVERSATION IN TIMES PAST IN THE LUSTS OF OUR FLESH, FULFILLING THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH AND OF THE MIND; AND WERE BY NATURE THE CHILDREN OF WRATH, EVEN AS OTHERS.