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... Spirit ; and to secondary causes what must necessarily spring from the First Cause of all things . Were not the subject too grave , it would be sufficient to excite something more than a smile , to see men , both of abilities and ...
... Spirit ; and to secondary causes what must necessarily spring from the First Cause of all things . Were not the subject too grave , it would be sufficient to excite something more than a smile , to see men , both of abilities and ...
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... Spirit of the Lord of hosts alone can effect , is attributed to a certain mechanical operation on the minds of the multitude , by the agency of worldly ambition , lust of power , self - interest , and hypocrisy ! Thus has the world been ...
... Spirit of the Lord of hosts alone can effect , is attributed to a certain mechanical operation on the minds of the multitude , by the agency of worldly ambition , lust of power , self - interest , and hypocrisy ! Thus has the world been ...
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... Spirit to produce that reformation in the land which has been since termed Methodism ; and more than sufficient to gather into eternal habitations those who had been the original subjects and witnesses of this blessed work . As to the ...
... Spirit to produce that reformation in the land which has been since termed Methodism ; and more than sufficient to gather into eternal habitations those who had been the original subjects and witnesses of this blessed work . As to the ...
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... Spirit ! And as to the pointing , it is generally bar- barous , and often destructive of the sense . What divine , who ever read a psalm of David in the original , could give his solemn assent to this composition as it now stands ? 4 ...
... Spirit ! And as to the pointing , it is generally bar- barous , and often destructive of the sense . What divine , who ever read a psalm of David in the original , could give his solemn assent to this composition as it now stands ? 4 ...
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... spirit of prophecy , or the gift of Christian preaching . Many of those excellent men believed them- selves fully called of God to the work of the ministry . But this Act forbade them to preach unless they had epis- copal ordination ...
... spirit of prophecy , or the gift of Christian preaching . Many of those excellent men believed them- selves fully called of God to the work of the ministry . But this Act forbade them to preach unless they had epis- copal ordination ...
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Page 411 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Page 333 - And in our deepest desertion, and in our most peculiar sorrows, we may rest assured, that " there hath no temptation taken " us " but such as is common to man ; but God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Page 476 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my handmaidens, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
Page 488 - God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Page 249 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Page 351 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 369 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 363 - Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Page 22 - The Book of Common Prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the psalter or psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, and the form or manner of making, ordaining and consecrating of bishops, priests and deacons.
Page 332 - Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind; that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.