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Whether that which is required of us be submission to the will of God himself , or to those who are placed by Him in authority over us , the first instinctive movements of our fallen nature are opposition and disobedience .
Whether that which is required of us be submission to the will of God himself , or to those who are placed by Him in authority over us , the first instinctive movements of our fallen nature are opposition and disobedience .
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But this is not submission to the will of another ; it is an alteration in their own . There is in such cases no exercise of the principle of obedience , no discipline of the will , no submission to the powers that be , because they are ...
But this is not submission to the will of another ; it is an alteration in their own . There is in such cases no exercise of the principle of obedience , no discipline of the will , no submission to the powers that be , because they are ...
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When , indeed , the crossing of the will comes directly from God , there is often profession of submission ; in calmer and happier moments that submission may be thoroughly felt . Where there is an habi- tual recognition of the ...
When , indeed , the crossing of the will comes directly from God , there is often profession of submission ; in calmer and happier moments that submission may be thoroughly felt . Where there is an habi- tual recognition of the ...
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... good- humoured tone throughout firm remon- strances and opposition requires a more vivid consciousness of a subordinate position and of the duty of submission to authority than many instances of sullen and unwill- ing obedience .
... good- humoured tone throughout firm remon- strances and opposition requires a more vivid consciousness of a subordinate position and of the duty of submission to authority than many instances of sullen and unwill- ing obedience .
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... the best preparation for a decision in conformity with God's will , must be the constant and habitual exercise of their spirit in the duty of submission . For thus when the duty comes before them in any uncommon or startling form ...
... the best preparation for a decision in conformity with God's will , must be the constant and habitual exercise of their spirit in the duty of submission . For thus when the duty comes before them in any uncommon or startling form ...
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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.
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| Title | Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends |
| Author | Sydney Warburton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1850 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
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