Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith, D. D.: First Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. First President of Washington College, Maryland. With Copious Extracts from His Writings, Volume 2Ferguson bros. & Company, 1880 - Philadelphia. College, academy and charitable school |
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... frame of mind , and those deeds of Virtue , Beneficence , Mercy and Justice which Isaiah prescribes as the true Requisites of a fast ? As far as Heaven is exalted above the earth , 44 [ 1781 LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE.
... frame of mind , and those deeds of Virtue , Beneficence , Mercy and Justice which Isaiah prescribes as the true Requisites of a fast ? As far as Heaven is exalted above the earth , 44 [ 1781 LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE.
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... Heaven is exalted above the earth , so far the latter tran- scends the former ! and all Bodily Abstinences and Humiliations are of no other value , than as they tend to Purify and Spiritualize the Inner Man . What would it avail us , on ...
... Heaven is exalted above the earth , so far the latter tran- scends the former ! and all Bodily Abstinences and Humiliations are of no other value , than as they tend to Purify and Spiritualize the Inner Man . What would it avail us , on ...
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... Heaven and earth ( or to the Divinities considered by the nations that knew not the true God , as the supreme benefactors of man- kind ) , were among the oldest and most exalted compositions of Poets , and other writers , inspired as ...
... Heaven and earth ( or to the Divinities considered by the nations that knew not the true God , as the supreme benefactors of man- kind ) , were among the oldest and most exalted compositions of Poets , and other writers , inspired as ...
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... heaven , are surely nothing less than the express inspirations of God . himself , through the secret agency of his grace , and the power of his works , in the hearts of men , in those first ages of simplicity and love ; and , as this ...
... heaven , are surely nothing less than the express inspirations of God . himself , through the secret agency of his grace , and the power of his works , in the hearts of men , in those first ages of simplicity and love ; and , as this ...
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... heaven , were stamped upon his heart by the great Architect of the universe . The same principles were after- wards renewed and placed upon everlasting foundations , by the wisdom of his glorious Son ; and they are daily cultivated in ...
... heaven , were stamped upon his heart by the great Architect of the universe . The same principles were after- wards renewed and placed upon everlasting foundations , by the wisdom of his glorious Son ; and they are daily cultivated in ...
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Page 430 - What shall we say then ? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith ; but Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore ? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 269 - And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 129 - Baptism is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of Regeneration, or New Birth ; whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly, are grafted into the Church...
Page 209 - I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord ol Hosts ; neither will I accept an offering at your hand. For from the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, My name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: lor AND DOMESTIC MAGAZINE.
Page 127 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 388 - When he slew them, then they sought him ; and they returned and inquired early after God, and they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Page 44 - Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Page 430 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
Page 46 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Page 434 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the Blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace ? For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.