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... tastes and inclination of the subor- dinate individuals , but it may be alto- gether opposed to their judgment and seriously prejudicial to their welfare . In such a case is obedience still requisite ? - Is the difficult lesson to be ...
... tastes and inclination of the subor- dinate individuals , but it may be alto- gether opposed to their judgment and seriously prejudicial to their welfare . In such a case is obedience still requisite ? - Is the difficult lesson to be ...
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... tastes , one's comforts , one's habits . These concessions will often be readily made in conformity with the dic- tates of good sense alone . When the temper is good , it is much easier to yield to others in all trifling matters , than ...
... tastes , one's comforts , one's habits . These concessions will often be readily made in conformity with the dic- tates of good sense alone . When the temper is good , it is much easier to yield to others in all trifling matters , than ...
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... tastes and inclinations , and perfectly approve themselves to our own judgment , there is really no exercise of the spirit of obedience at all . * This is a truth that cannot be too strongly im- * 1 Peter , ii , 13—25 . pressed on the ...
... tastes and inclinations , and perfectly approve themselves to our own judgment , there is really no exercise of the spirit of obedience at all . * This is a truth that cannot be too strongly im- * 1 Peter , ii , 13—25 . pressed on the ...
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... direction that wounded your haughty spirit , and that the action or con- duct thus unpleasantly enforced upon you , would have approved itself to your judg- D ment , perhaps your taste and inclinations , had the SELF - WILL . 25.
... direction that wounded your haughty spirit , and that the action or con- duct thus unpleasantly enforced upon you , would have approved itself to your judg- D ment , perhaps your taste and inclinations , had the SELF - WILL . 25.
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Sydney Warburton. ment , perhaps your taste and inclinations , had the idea of it originated in yourself . When discoveries of this nature are made for the first time in the mysteries of that heart which is " deceitful above all things ...
Sydney Warburton. ment , perhaps your taste and inclinations , had the idea of it originated in yourself . When discoveries of this nature are made for the first time in the mysteries of that heart which is " deceitful above all things ...
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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.