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Page 84
... vice . Is this a Christian's joy ? Is this the return which our GOD expects , when He allows us to rest from our labours , and be happy ? O my friends ! con- sider the ingratitude , the dreadful wickedness of those who spend such a ...
... vice . Is this a Christian's joy ? Is this the return which our GOD expects , when He allows us to rest from our labours , and be happy ? O my friends ! con- sider the ingratitude , the dreadful wickedness of those who spend such a ...
Page 85
... vice , I hope , is not common ; but there is another which is so to a dreadful degree . I speak of the odious crime of drunkenness . GOD made man in his own image ; he gave him a body fearfully and wonderfully made , and a soul ca ...
... vice , I hope , is not common ; but there is another which is so to a dreadful degree . I speak of the odious crime of drunkenness . GOD made man in his own image ; he gave him a body fearfully and wonderfully made , and a soul ca ...
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... vice in its true light , and never to be guilty of it . When once it becomes a habit , repentance is difficult ; yet the hour of repentance and amendment must come , or dreadful indeed will be the consequence , for we know that a ...
... vice in its true light , and never to be guilty of it . When once it becomes a habit , repentance is difficult ; yet the hour of repentance and amendment must come , or dreadful indeed will be the consequence , for we know that a ...
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... vice of swearing , that disgrace to a Christian country , by which men commit a dreadful crime against GOD , without even the temptation by which they try to excuse other crimes . A truly pious man can never be guilty of this vice ; for ...
... vice of swearing , that disgrace to a Christian country , by which men commit a dreadful crime against GOD , without even the temptation by which they try to excuse other crimes . A truly pious man can never be guilty of this vice ; for ...
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... vice . A man who spends his time and his money in idleness , gaming , or drinking , will probably be poor . He will suffer want , he will be in debt , and perhaps end his days in a prison . A man who spends his youth * Acts xiv . 22 ...
... vice . A man who spends his time and his money in idleness , gaming , or drinking , will probably be poor . He will suffer want , he will be in debt , and perhaps end his days in a prison . A man who spends his youth * Acts xiv . 22 ...
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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.