Short Discourses to be Read in Families, Volume 1A. Towar [and others], 1834 - Christian life |
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... souls is wise . " Yea more : " If a man err from the truth , and one con- vert him , let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his ways shall save a soul from death , and shall hide a multitude of sins ? " What a ...
... souls is wise . " Yea more : " If a man err from the truth , and one con- vert him , let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his ways shall save a soul from death , and shall hide a multitude of sins ? " What a ...
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... soul not meanly enslaved by custom , but asserting its own freedom , and daring to think and act for itself . Such a man does not wait for the compa- ny and countenance of others , to embolden him ; he can venture by himself , and ...
... soul not meanly enslaved by custom , but asserting its own freedom , and daring to think and act for itself . Such a man does not wait for the compa- ny and countenance of others , to embolden him ; he can venture by himself , and ...
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... souls , are not very likely to be attentive to the souls of others . Mere profession , and a regard to decency , may carry you some way ; but there is nothing like a personal experience of divine things , to inflame zeal . Unless you ...
... souls , are not very likely to be attentive to the souls of others . Mere profession , and a regard to decency , may carry you some way ; but there is nothing like a personal experience of divine things , to inflame zeal . Unless you ...
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... soul : he only slew the children of others , but you murder your own ! " If any provide not for his own , and es- pecially for those of his own house , he hath de- nied the faith , and is worse than an infidel . " And can you imagine ...
... soul : he only slew the children of others , but you murder your own ! " If any provide not for his own , and es- pecially for those of his own house , he hath de- nied the faith , and is worse than an infidel . " And can you imagine ...
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... soul , and will not sacrifice our profit to our feelings . If our welfare require it , he will frown , or withhold the tokens of his love , or shut us up for a time , or smite us , and severely too ; nor let us think hardly of his ...
... soul , and will not sacrifice our profit to our feelings . If our welfare require it , he will frown , or withhold the tokens of his love , or shut us up for a time , or smite us , and severely too ; nor let us think hardly of his ...
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Page 226 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn Thou me, and I shall be turned ; for Thou art the Lord my God.
Page i - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 98 - Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Page 235 - And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 271 - But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above :) •%• Or, who shall descend into the deep ? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith, which we preach...
Page 26 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 307 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 269 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 161 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us;' and he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know ye not whence ye are.
Page 50 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.