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... becomes the duty of those who minister therein to expound them to the best of their power ; and the exhortation to prove or try all things is to them an additional motive towards ex- ertion in the convincing of others . I exhort you ...
... becomes the duty of those who minister therein to expound them to the best of their power ; and the exhortation to prove or try all things is to them an additional motive towards ex- ertion in the convincing of others . I exhort you ...
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Charles Girdlestone. circumstance that Christianity is no longer under persecution , but is become the pro- fessed religion of the people amongst whom we live . And it might seem at first sight as if the apostle's precept had no longer ...
Charles Girdlestone. circumstance that Christianity is no longer under persecution , but is become the pro- fessed religion of the people amongst whom we live . And it might seem at first sight as if the apostle's precept had no longer ...
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... becomes the young ( unless especially appointed ) to un- dertake to be teachers of the old , and because no influence will work more surely than the silent admonitions of a good ex- fample . od has do jot tud thewor on Indeed in all ...
... becomes the young ( unless especially appointed ) to un- dertake to be teachers of the old , and because no influence will work more surely than the silent admonitions of a good ex- fample . od has do jot tud thewor on Indeed in all ...
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... become an open re- B prover of others and an assertor of your own superiority . But may you never for- get that you are to be transformed chiefly in the spirit of your mind , that you are warned not to think highly of yourself , but to ...
... become an open re- B prover of others and an assertor of your own superiority . But may you never for- get that you are to be transformed chiefly in the spirit of your mind , that you are warned not to think highly of yourself , but to ...
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... become amongst the number of those who unite every fresh progress , in piety with a fresh advance in Christian charity , who never discover a new fault in themselves without new sympathy for the failings of their fellow - creatures ...
... become amongst the number of those who unite every fresh progress , in piety with a fresh advance in Christian charity , who never discover a new fault in themselves without new sympathy for the failings of their fellow - creatures ...
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Page 23 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 70 - And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Page 4 - And doubtless the answer of every serious and reflecting mind must be, that in " pure and undefiled religion ;" in " loving the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our mind, with all our soul, and with all our strength...
Page 148 - Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.
Page 80 - Let not then your good be evil spoken of: for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Page 131 - WE therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead...
Page 148 - From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 97 - He is always unsatisfied in his own conduct, resolutions, and counsels. 9. He is a great lover of good men, and a praiser of wise men, and a censurer of no man. 10. He is modest in his speech, and reserved in his laughter.
Page 117 - Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out devils ? and in thy name have done many wonderful works ? " And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 96 - He does not pertinaciously pursue the choice of his own will, but in all things lets God choose for him, and his superiors in those things which concern them. 3. He does not murmur against commands.