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... mind . This is the first and great commandment . And the second is like unto it , Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . MARK . XII . 30. — Thou shalt love the Lord thy God , -with all thy strength , THE PREFACE TO THE TEN ...
... mind . This is the first and great commandment . And the second is like unto it , Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . MARK . XII . 30. — Thou shalt love the Lord thy God , -with all thy strength , THE PREFACE TO THE TEN ...
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... mind did pervert . And these notions , thus im- proved , they called wisdom . But the way of happiness by works , the only way naturally known by Adam , being blocked up by his fall , it was impossible for them by their wisdom to fall ...
... mind did pervert . And these notions , thus im- proved , they called wisdom . But the way of happiness by works , the only way naturally known by Adam , being blocked up by his fall , it was impossible for them by their wisdom to fall ...
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... mind , where- in it is not disturbed with the fears of God's wrath , nor frightened with the judgments which its sins do in themselves deserve , Prov . i . 33. A troubled conscience is full of fears , of terrible forebodings , and of ...
... mind , where- in it is not disturbed with the fears of God's wrath , nor frightened with the judgments which its sins do in themselves deserve , Prov . i . 33. A troubled conscience is full of fears , of terrible forebodings , and of ...
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... mind of the child of God . These objects are the great desire of a believer , 2 Sam . xxiii . 5. So the receiving of them in hand , or in hope , makes him to joy , Psal . iv . 6 , 7. Without this there can be no joy , Prov . xiii . 12 ...
... mind of the child of God . These objects are the great desire of a believer , 2 Sam . xxiii . 5. So the receiving of them in hand , or in hope , makes him to joy , Psal . iv . 6 , 7. Without this there can be no joy , Prov . xiii . 12 ...
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... mind , and then complying with it . 3. The excellency and eminency of this duty . ( 1. ) God delights in it . ( 2. ) All other things must yield to it , but it to none . Burnt- offerings and sacrifices , even the fat of them , are ...
... mind , and then complying with it . 3. The excellency and eminency of this duty . ( 1. ) God delights in it . ( 2. ) All other things must yield to it , but it to none . Burnt- offerings and sacrifices , even the fat of them , are ...
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Page 387 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 420 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 425 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 359 - The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy ; He will rest in His love, He -will joy over thee with singing.
Page 397 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 602 - Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Page 29 - But unto you that fear my name Shall the Sun of righteousness arise With healing in his wings ; And ye shall go forth, And grow up as calves of the stall.
Page 641 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 44 - I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy destruction : repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 189 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.