Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... are " ordained of God . " Their conduct would be exactly the same whether it were recommended to their judgment by those placed in authority * Romans , xiii . 1 . с over them , or by those who had no such SELF - WILL . 13.
... are " ordained of God . " Their conduct would be exactly the same whether it were recommended to their judgment by those placed in authority * Romans , xiii . 1 . с over them , or by those who had no such SELF - WILL . 13.
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... judgment and more enlightened views forced to yield to the incapacity and caprices of those who are placed in authority over them . When , indeed , the crossing of the will comes directly from God , there is often profession of ...
... judgment and more enlightened views forced to yield to the incapacity and caprices of those who are placed in authority over them . When , indeed , the crossing of the will comes directly from God , there is often profession of ...
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... judgment and seriously prejudicial to their welfare . In such a case is obedience still requisite ? - Is the difficult lesson to be learned through suffering from the hand of man as well as from the hand of God ? - It must be so , or it ...
... judgment and seriously prejudicial to their welfare . In such a case is obedience still requisite ? - Is the difficult lesson to be learned through suffering from the hand of man as well as from the hand of God ? - It must be so , or it ...
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... the extra difficulty of its pecu- liarity to encounter ; none of the mists of prejudice arising from an indulged spirit of insubordination , will cloud their intel- lect or disturb the clear - sightedness of their judgment 18 SELF - WILL .
... the extra difficulty of its pecu- liarity to encounter ; none of the mists of prejudice arising from an indulged spirit of insubordination , will cloud their intel- lect or disturb the clear - sightedness of their judgment 18 SELF - WILL .
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Sydney Warburton. lect or disturb the clear - sightedness of their judgment and their conscience : " Darkness will be made light before them , and crooked things straight . " * Laying aside the consideration of such cases as the above ...
Sydney Warburton. lect or disturb the clear - sightedness of their judgment and their conscience : " Darkness will be made light before them , and crooked things straight . " * Laying aside the consideration of such cases as the above ...
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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.