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... soon as he was enlightened and renewed . He had lived to himself - he had been his own centre and his own idol . He once had confidence in the flesh . The things he " counted gain " to him , even his lineage , and knowledge , and ...
... soon as he was enlightened and renewed . He had lived to himself - he had been his own centre and his own idol . He once had confidence in the flesh . The things he " counted gain " to him , even his lineage , and knowledge , and ...
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... soon as he was enlightened and renewed . He had lived to himself - he had been his own centre and his own idol . He once had confidence in the flesh . The things he " counted gain " to him , even his lineage , and knowledge , and ...
... soon as he was enlightened and renewed . He had lived to himself - he had been his own centre and his own idol . He once had confidence in the flesh . The things he " counted gain " to him , even his lineage , and knowledge , and ...
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... soon vanished away . Though entirely destitute of any heart - felt expe- rience of the gospel at this time , his natural elo- quence gave even to his prayers a fascinating power over those who heard them . It was then the prac- tice at ...
... soon vanished away . Though entirely destitute of any heart - felt expe- rience of the gospel at this time , his natural elo- quence gave even to his prayers a fascinating power over those who heard them . It was then the prac- tice at ...
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... of that deadly malady which carried him to the grave soon after his arrival at home . " The attentions of the minister to the seaman , and their consequences , are thus recorded : - " Every evening , at 11 THOMAS CHALMERS , D.D..
... of that deadly malady which carried him to the grave soon after his arrival at home . " The attentions of the minister to the seaman , and their consequences , are thus recorded : - " Every evening , at 11 THOMAS CHALMERS , D.D..
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... soon happily discovered that the notions of gospel truth which he propounded so zealously were inadequate to his own spiritual necessities . Before his sister's death , he had undertaken to prepare several articles for the Edinburgh ...
... soon happily discovered that the notions of gospel truth which he propounded so zealously were inadequate to his own spiritual necessities . Before his sister's death , he had undertaken to prepare several articles for the Edinburgh ...
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Page 10 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...
Page 20 - For though I be free from all men ; yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law ; To them that are without law...
Page 13 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living GOD, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein ; who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Page 26 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 10 - And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou earnest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Page 10 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 21 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 30 - It is monstrous to be told that you have a heart as sinful as the common wretches that crawl the earth. This is highly offensive and insulting, and I cannot but wonder that your ladyship should relish any sentiments so much at variance with high rank and good breeding.
Page 30 - My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine.
Page 10 - For I was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.