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... gain friends , and he will avoid vices which are always attended with shame and misery ; but all this while he is not a good man , because he does his own will , and not the will of GOD . When the hour of trial comes , this will be ...
... gain friends , and he will avoid vices which are always attended with shame and misery ; but all this while he is not a good man , because he does his own will , and not the will of GOD . When the hour of trial comes , this will be ...
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... their poor neighbours ; and that they would as constantly give up their journeys and their meetings for pleasure , as the shopkeeper does his gain , and the labourer his work . But though many of the rich are much [ 73 ]
... their poor neighbours ; and that they would as constantly give up their journeys and their meetings for pleasure , as the shopkeeper does his gain , and the labourer his work . But though many of the rich are much [ 73 ]
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... gain health and strength to support the labours of the week . Those who live in the country , may enjoy the eo mpany and conversation of their friends ; they may be cheerful and happy . But if the love of } God fill their hearts , they ...
... gain health and strength to support the labours of the week . Those who live in the country , may enjoy the eo mpany and conversation of their friends ; they may be cheerful and happy . But if the love of } God fill their hearts , they ...
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... gains generally go to cheats and sharpers , who will render a dreadful account of them at the day of judgment . Those whom they have cheated Isaiah ix . 6 . are left to lament their folly and wickedness , perhaps [ 84 ]
... gains generally go to cheats and sharpers , who will render a dreadful account of them at the day of judgment . Those whom they have cheated Isaiah ix . 6 . are left to lament their folly and wickedness , perhaps [ 84 ]
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... gain more useful and important knowledge than the wisest man in the Heathen world ever possessed . Let him only attend to the Sunday lessons , and consider the great truths which he may learn from them . The Heathens knew not how the ...
... gain more useful and important knowledge than the wisest man in the Heathen world ever possessed . Let him only attend to the Sunday lessons , and consider the great truths which he may learn from them . The Heathens knew not how the ...
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Page 50 - And he took bread, and • gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you : This do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Page 241 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 205 - And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was of a great age, and had lived with an...
Page 240 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, (of whom the world was not worthy,) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth.
Page 99 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Page 189 - Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
Page 59 - To examine themselves,' whether they repent them truly of their former sins, stedfastly purposing to lead a new life ; have a lively Faith in God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of His death; and be in charity with all men.
Page 46 - For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 156 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 199 - The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.