Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... sin - its cost , its penalty . Be it always remembered that a part of this penalty is temporal unhappiness . Discipline be- comes necessary on account of past sin ; and it is principally on account of present sin , that discipline gives ...
... sin - its cost , its penalty . Be it always remembered that a part of this penalty is temporal unhappiness . Discipline be- comes necessary on account of past sin ; and it is principally on account of present sin , that discipline gives ...
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... sinful act or sinful word , till now unrepented of and unremem- bered . Any trial ought to be esteemed a blessing , whether a heavy affliction or a harassing petty annoyance , which " brings our sin to remembrance , " and thus af- fords ...
... sinful act or sinful word , till now unrepented of and unremem- bered . Any trial ought to be esteemed a blessing , whether a heavy affliction or a harassing petty annoyance , which " brings our sin to remembrance , " and thus af- fords ...
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... sin . Therefore ought we look upon it as one of the most precious of the Covenant mercies of God , that He " will punish us for all our iniquities . " This punishment is frequently inflicted in the ordinary course of the discipline of ...
... sin . Therefore ought we look upon it as one of the most precious of the Covenant mercies of God , that He " will punish us for all our iniquities . " This punishment is frequently inflicted in the ordinary course of the discipline of ...
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... of the discipline of common life . For it is this discipline that will draw out into prominence the particular sins to which * Proverbs , iv . 23 . we are ourselves most liable ; it is always because INTRODUCTION . 9.
... of the discipline of common life . For it is this discipline that will draw out into prominence the particular sins to which * Proverbs , iv . 23 . we are ourselves most liable ; it is always because INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... sin , that discipline makes us unhappy . Reader , what is there in the discipline of your common life that causes especial ... sins about to be enumerated , - Self- will , Pride , Vanity , Discontent , Selfish- ness , Self - indulgence ...
... sin , that discipline makes us unhappy . Reader , what is there in the discipline of your common life that causes especial ... sins about to be enumerated , - Self- will , Pride , Vanity , Discontent , Selfish- ness , Self - indulgence ...
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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.