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... arrived at years of discretion , was of that nature which rendered it , in rather an unusual degree , incumbent upon me to make my own choice of a particular religious course . Under " 6 these circumstances , I was led , partly.
... arrived at years of discretion , was of that nature which rendered it , in rather an unusual degree , incumbent upon me to make my own choice of a particular religious course . Under " 6 these circumstances , I was led , partly.
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... particular course , I have been , at various times , engaged in much reflection and in some scriptural investigation , I am inclined to sub- mit to the candid attention of my young friends the grounds on which I was originally led more ...
... particular course , I have been , at various times , engaged in much reflection and in some scriptural investigation , I am inclined to sub- mit to the candid attention of my young friends the grounds on which I was originally led more ...
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... particular was a zealous promoter of the knowledge of Christ , and laboured for its dissemination among the negroes of the West Indies . The same faithful elder fervently exhorted his friends in North America to teach the native Indians ...
... particular was a zealous promoter of the knowledge of Christ , and laboured for its dissemination among the negroes of the West Indies . The same faithful elder fervently exhorted his friends in North America to teach the native Indians ...
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... particular occasions , the general rules of God's law ; and that even in temporal mat- ters which , more or less , involve their spiritual interest , they may be led along in a path of safety . Christ , their divine teacher , can- not ...
... particular occasions , the general rules of God's law ; and that even in temporal mat- ters which , more or less , involve their spiritual interest , they may be led along in a path of safety . Christ , their divine teacher , can- not ...
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... particular tenets and peculiar religious advantages ( as I deem them ) of a comparatively small body of persons , I know of no more salutary introduction than a survey of those grounds of union in matters of religion which sub- sist ...
... particular tenets and peculiar religious advantages ( as I deem them ) of a comparatively small body of persons , I know of no more salutary introduction than a survey of those grounds of union in matters of religion which sub- sist ...
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Page 29 - And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Page 3 - For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens ; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins, and then for the people's : for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.
Page 116 - For I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread : and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat : this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me.
Page 201 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made, And all those things have been, saith the Lord: But to this man will I look, Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, And trembleth at my word.
Page 15 - My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous...
Page 54 - Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Page 90 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 52 - For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Page 69 - Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances...
Page 226 - Answerest thou nothing? what is it which, these witness against thee ? 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ the Son of God.