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... natural and appropriate accordance with the simple and tender , the unaffected and retiring graces which ever characterise the Scripture model of female excellence and the delineation acquires still further beauty when we bear in mind ...
... natural and appropriate accordance with the simple and tender , the unaffected and retiring graces which ever characterise the Scripture model of female excellence and the delineation acquires still further beauty when we bear in mind ...
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... natural modesty of their sex , that they frequently took a personal part in the gladiatorial shows of the arena , and , under Nero and Domitian , even ladies of rank came forward in these encounters . Added to all this , the ...
... natural modesty of their sex , that they frequently took a personal part in the gladiatorial shows of the arena , and , under Nero and Domitian , even ladies of rank came forward in these encounters . Added to all this , the ...
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... naturally shun , as far as possible , to engage in the affairs of public life , which more or less brought him into collision with idolatrous rites and superstitions . Perhaps Clemens had given some offence of this kind , during his ...
... naturally shun , as far as possible , to engage in the affairs of public life , which more or less brought him into collision with idolatrous rites and superstitions . Perhaps Clemens had given some offence of this kind , during his ...
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... of Greece and Rome . . . . It is natural , therefore , to suppose that mankind , long retaining a propen- sity to relapse into idolatry , would endeavour .. to find some substitute for an important class of beings 126 THE CHRISTIAN WIFE .
... of Greece and Rome . . . . It is natural , therefore , to suppose that mankind , long retaining a propen- sity to relapse into idolatry , would endeavour .. to find some substitute for an important class of beings 126 THE CHRISTIAN WIFE .
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... natural disposition of converts from Paganism to mingle and confound the religion they had quitted with that they had espoused ; and , on the other , the willingness which sincere but ill - judging Christians , such as THE CHRISTIAN ...
... natural disposition of converts from Paganism to mingle and confound the religion they had quitted with that they had espoused ; and , on the other , the willingness which sincere but ill - judging Christians , such as THE CHRISTIAN ...
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Page 158 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 132 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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Page 218 - Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
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Page 49 - God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light...
Page 185 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
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Page 218 - The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things ; that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.