A Practical Commentary Upon the First Epistle of St. Peter, Volume 2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1849 - Bible |
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... dead , may be enlivened , and that they may receive them from death ; and they would esteem nothing , rest in no natural content or gain without that ; at least , without using incessant diligence in seeking it , and their utmost skill ...
... dead , may be enlivened , and that they may receive them from death ; and they would esteem nothing , rest in no natural content or gain without that ; at least , without using incessant diligence in seeking it , and their utmost skill ...
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... dead stupidity , arguing a total spiritlessness . As the agreement of a number of dead bodies together , which indeed do not strive and contest , that is , they move not at all , because they live not ; so that concord in things of ...
... dead stupidity , arguing a total spiritlessness . As the agreement of a number of dead bodies together , which indeed do not strive and contest , that is , they move not at all , because they live not ; so that concord in things of ...
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... dead , but of the living ; it is the spirit of darkness that abides amongst the tombs and graves ; but - gathered together in my name , one in that one holy name , written upon their hearts , and uniting them , and so thence expressed ...
... dead , but of the living ; it is the spirit of darkness that abides amongst the tombs and graves ; but - gathered together in my name , one in that one holy name , written upon their hearts , and uniting them , and so thence expressed ...
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... dead , surely we shall be stirred with the voice of those late strokes of God's hand , and be driven to more humble and earnest prayer by it . When will men change their poor , base grumblings about their private concerns , Oh ! what ...
... dead , surely we shall be stirred with the voice of those late strokes of God's hand , and be driven to more humble and earnest prayer by it . When will men change their poor , base grumblings about their private concerns , Oh ! what ...
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... dead , but learn , for I am meek and lowly in heart . And if you be His followers , this is your way , as the Apostle here addeth , Hereunto are you called ; and this is the end of it , agreeably to the way , that you may inherit a ...
... dead , but learn , for I am meek and lowly in heart . And if you be His followers , this is your way , as the Apostle here addeth , Hereunto are you called ; and this is the end of it , agreeably to the way , that you may inherit a ...
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Page 27 - Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 'not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Page 85 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile : let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 19 - Likewise, .ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life ; that your prayers be not hindered.
Page 402 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 210 - Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Page 444 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility, for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 183 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 417 - Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, [as] unto a faithful Creator.
Page 11 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the orna-ment of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.