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... temptations to which we are chiefly liable on one particular point , there would be less danger of such temptations being yielded to or unnoticed . The nature of " the daily cross , " of the discipline of life , would then be more ...
... temptations to which we are chiefly liable on one particular point , there would be less danger of such temptations being yielded to or unnoticed . The nature of " the daily cross , " of the discipline of life , would then be more ...
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... temptations , because its likeness and its neighbourhood to good make these temptations more insidious . They disguise themselves in the aspect of firmness , independence , con- sistency , and under this too common delu- sion the daily ...
... temptations , because its likeness and its neighbourhood to good make these temptations more insidious . They disguise themselves in the aspect of firmness , independence , con- sistency , and under this too common delu- sion the daily ...
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... temptations of the future . In the discipline of this day it may please God to reveal to you how fatally for yourself , and how unjustly for others , * Jeremiah , xix . 9 . you have been indulging the sin of self- will , 26 SELF - WILL .
... temptations of the future . In the discipline of this day it may please God to reveal to you how fatally for yourself , and how unjustly for others , * Jeremiah , xix . 9 . you have been indulging the sin of self- will , 26 SELF - WILL .
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... temptations to resist . But there are , not unfrequently , temptations to resist , or at least to contemn and evade , ecclesiastical authority ; here there are , not unfre- quently , opportunities of betraying the instinct of ...
... temptations to resist . But there are , not unfrequently , temptations to resist , or at least to contemn and evade , ecclesiastical authority ; here there are , not unfre- quently , opportunities of betraying the instinct of ...
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... temptation the sinless nature did not resist ? Only in the consciousness of our weakness , of our helplessness ; only in the confidence that God , who denounces pride as " an abomi- nation , " will give His children grace to see the ...
... temptation the sinless nature did not resist ? Only in the consciousness of our weakness , of our helplessness ; only in the confidence that God , who denounces pride as " an abomi- nation , " will give His children grace to see the ...
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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.
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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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