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... faid enough to engage all men to measure strict right by that which we call ingenuous , noble , equal , fair . Let us afford one another the measure that we our felves depend upon and expect from divine goodness , or we are undone for ...
... faid enough to engage all men to measure strict right by that which we call ingenuous , noble , equal , fair . Let us afford one another the measure that we our felves depend upon and expect from divine goodness , or we are undone for ...
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... faid to be two ways . 1. That is juft , which may be done ; and if it be , no wrong is then done . And , 2. That is juft , that must be done , and ought to be . done . Or in fhort thus : there is , just if it be ; and juft , that it ...
... faid to be two ways . 1. That is juft , which may be done ; and if it be , no wrong is then done . And , 2. That is juft , that must be done , and ought to be . done . Or in fhort thus : there is , just if it be ; and juft , that it ...
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... faid it , but be- caufe God hath declared it from principles of rea- fon : for if you obferve , when God forbids murder , he did not forbid it upon the account of his will , but upon a moral reafon , becaufe God made man in his own ...
... faid it , but be- caufe God hath declared it from principles of rea- fon : for if you obferve , when God forbids murder , he did not forbid it upon the account of his will , but upon a moral reafon , becaufe God made man in his own ...
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... faid of Jofeph , he was a just man , therefore he would deal fairly with Mary , and would not expose her to fhame . Zach . ix . 9. See what you have there in conjunction ; juft , having fal- vation , and lowly , & c . It is spoken ...
... faid of Jofeph , he was a just man , therefore he would deal fairly with Mary , and would not expose her to fhame . Zach . ix . 9. See what you have there in conjunction ; juft , having fal- vation , and lowly , & c . It is spoken ...
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... faid , that all the ways of God , are ways of righteousness , goodness and truth : and why fhall we forry creatures pretend that this is perfection and noblenefs in us , to have power to do what we will , and think it a con- finement of ...
... faid , that all the ways of God , are ways of righteousness , goodness and truth : and why fhall we forry creatures pretend that this is perfection and noblenefs in us , to have power to do what we will , and think it a con- finement of ...
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Page 323 - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 128 - And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
Page 51 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Page 3 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
Page 59 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Page 298 - Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
Page 270 - Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour ; this is the gift of God.
Page 270 - Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Page 93 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 52 - AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.