A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity |
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... endeavour to satisfy his readers by any excuses : he will therefore proceed , without farther preamble , to lay before them a general statement of his design . The main object which he has in view is , not to convince the Sceptic , or ...
... endeavour to satisfy his readers by any excuses : he will therefore proceed , without farther preamble , to lay before them a general statement of his design . The main object which he has in view is , not to convince the Sceptic , or ...
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... endeavour rather to draw him off from those dark and slippery regions , slippery ain truth they are to every human foot , and to contend with him , where we might tread with firmness and freedom , c6 > freedom , on sure ground , and in ...
... endeavour rather to draw him off from those dark and slippery regions , slippery ain truth they are to every human foot , and to contend with him , where we might tread with firmness and freedom , c6 > freedom , on sure ground , and in ...
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... endeavour to correct the rash judgments which we may be disposed to form on these occasions , and should learn to recognize and to prize a sound texture and just configuration , though disguised beneath a homely or uncouth drapery . It ...
... endeavour to correct the rash judgments which we may be disposed to form on these occasions , and should learn to recognize and to prize a sound texture and just configuration , though disguised beneath a homely or uncouth drapery . It ...
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... endeavour of those who are promised while on earth “ to be made meet “ to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light , " to bring their hearts into a capacity for joining in those everlasting praises . But it may not be ...
... endeavour of those who are promised while on earth “ to be made meet “ to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light , " to bring their hearts into a capacity for joining in those everlasting praises . But it may not be ...
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... endeavour not only to convince the understanding ; but also to affect the heart ; and for this end , you must secure the reinforcement of the passions . This is indeed the course which would be naturally followed by every man of common ...
... endeavour not only to convince the understanding ; but also to affect the heart ; and for this end , you must secure the reinforcement of the passions . This is indeed the course which would be naturally followed by every man of common ...
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Popular passages
Page 94 - ... that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God...
Page 39 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Page 206 - For by grace are ye saved through faith ; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Page 192 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 278 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Page 27 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 134 - For the day of the Lord of Hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low...
Page 187 - They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Page 281 - I also heard the men themselves, that they sang with a loud voice, saying, " Blessing, honour, and glory, and power be to Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever.
Page 220 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve. But...