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Those who " have long performed these exercises with proper " attention , who have acquired just notions of the " Divine Being , and impressed them deeply upon their " hearts , may almost venture to trust themselves to " the habits they ...
Those who " have long performed these exercises with proper " attention , who have acquired just notions of the " Divine Being , and impressed them deeply upon their " hearts , may almost venture to trust themselves to " the habits they ...
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... than it " was debased by error and superstition - nor can " we expect to feel its full and genuine effects upon " the heart , until it shall be purified from every Let it be your endeavour to corrupt mixture . pp . 10 , 11 , 12 .
... than it " was debased by error and superstition - nor can " we expect to feel its full and genuine effects upon " the heart , until it shall be purified from every Let it be your endeavour to corrupt mixture . pp . 10 , 11 , 12 .
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... for he who deliberates shews that his heart is corrupted already * . 4. The history of this divine transaction tends to exalt our ideas of the character of Christ , and to confirm our faith in him as the true Messiah .
... for he who deliberates shews that his heart is corrupted already * . 4. The history of this divine transaction tends to exalt our ideas of the character of Christ , and to confirm our faith in him as the true Messiah .
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This is not the temper which will qualify you to be my disciples : but I call those happy whose hearts are disengaged from the world , whatever their condition Matt . v . 1 --- 12 . [ S7.
This is not the temper which will qualify you to be my disciples : but I call those happy whose hearts are disengaged from the world , whatever their condition Matt . v . 1 --- 12 . [ S7.
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hearts are disengaged from the world , whatever their condition may be ; who , if they are poor , are contented ; and if rich , are not too much attached to their wealth , and have thus at all times the spirit which poverty is ...
hearts are disengaged from the world , whatever their condition may be ; who , if they are poor , are contented ; and if rich , are not too much attached to their wealth , and have thus at all times the spirit which poverty is ...
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Page 395 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes, and they shall conde'mn him to death, 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Page 541 - All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Page 368 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 455 - Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue : and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them...
Page 400 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father 24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
Page 29 - And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona : thou shalt be called Cephas, which is, by interpretation, A stone.
Page 275 - Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 376 - For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb : and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men : and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it...
Page 573 - Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value ; 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Page 526 - Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.