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Charles Girdlestone. PREFACE . THAT the design of these Sermons may be the better understood it seems desirable to state briefly the occasion on which they were written . The author was applied to by a much - valued friend to assist in ...
Charles Girdlestone. PREFACE . THAT the design of these Sermons may be the better understood it seems desirable to state briefly the occasion on which they were written . The author was applied to by a much - valued friend to assist in ...
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... better general answer than by bidding you to read the Gospel , to read it with prayer that you may learn its spirit , and that you may be enabled to walk in a course of Christian life . The practices and opinions to be avoided are those ...
... better general answer than by bidding you to read the Gospel , to read it with prayer that you may learn its spirit , and that you may be enabled to walk in a course of Christian life . The practices and opinions to be avoided are those ...
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... better under- standing of Christian doctrine a more enlightened perception of its duties and deeper sense of its importance than all around you ; yet have not charity ; you are nothing worth . Yea though you be stow all your goods to ...
... better under- standing of Christian doctrine a more enlightened perception of its duties and deeper sense of its importance than all around you ; yet have not charity ; you are nothing worth . Yea though you be stow all your goods to ...
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... better intentions have been by others misconstrued , and will in his heart give them credit for many a repentant tear which he is not allowed to see , and many a virtuous struggle which he is not enabled to witness . The impulses of ...
... better intentions have been by others misconstrued , and will in his heart give them credit for many a repentant tear which he is not allowed to see , and many a virtuous struggle which he is not enabled to witness . The impulses of ...
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... better con- clude this subject than by sexhorting you to study carefully the spirit of our Saviour's example in this very matter , to observe how He made his doctrines acceptable by the very manner of his delivering them , how He ...
... better con- clude this subject than by sexhorting you to study carefully the spirit of our Saviour's example in this very matter , to observe how He made his doctrines acceptable by the very manner of his delivering them , how He ...
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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.