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... whose " blood cleanseth us from all sin . ' † We have no certainty that any sin which is not , during our present state of proba- * 1 Kings , xvii . 18. +1 John , i . 7 . tion , washed out in the atoning blood of Christ INTRODUCTION . 7.
... whose " blood cleanseth us from all sin . ' † We have no certainty that any sin which is not , during our present state of proba- * 1 Kings , xvii . 18. +1 John , i . 7 . tion , washed out in the atoning blood of Christ INTRODUCTION . 7.
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Sydney Warburton. tion , washed out in the atoning blood of Christ , may not lessen by so much the capacity for happiness throughout eter- nity . There is nowhere a promise of pardon to unrepented sin . Therefore ought we look upon it as ...
Sydney Warburton. tion , washed out in the atoning blood of Christ , may not lessen by so much the capacity for happiness throughout eter- nity . There is nowhere a promise of pardon to unrepented sin . Therefore ought we look upon it as ...
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... Christ " learned obedience by the things which He suffered , " but those who profess to follow in His footsteps scarcely deem that they need to learn the same lesson His sinless humanity required , or that it must be learned through the ...
... Christ " learned obedience by the things which He suffered , " but those who profess to follow in His footsteps scarcely deem that they need to learn the same lesson His sinless humanity required , or that it must be learned through the ...
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... " O , wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord . " † * Romans , vii . 17 . † Ibid , 24 , 25 . 57 THIRD DAY . VANITY . " Let nothing be 56 PRIDE .
... " O , wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord . " † * Romans , vii . 17 . † Ibid , 24 , 25 . 57 THIRD DAY . VANITY . " Let nothing be 56 PRIDE .
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... be tempted " by the wiles of the devil " to mistake the emotions of wounded vanity for a taking up of the cross of Christ , a * Ephes . vi . 11 . fellowship in His sufferings who " endured such contradiction of 62 VANITY .
... be tempted " by the wiles of the devil " to mistake the emotions of wounded vanity for a taking up of the cross of Christ , a * Ephes . vi . 11 . fellowship in His sufferings who " endured such contradiction of 62 VANITY .
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Page 129 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 57 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.