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... seen to employ no means in order to cause men to sin , except those of en- ticement , or persuasion , or inducement by ade- quate motives . " The serpent beguiled Eve , " says the apostle . We have seen how he beguiled her : " Yea ...
... seen to employ no means in order to cause men to sin , except those of en- ticement , or persuasion , or inducement by ade- quate motives . " The serpent beguiled Eve , " says the apostle . We have seen how he beguiled her : " Yea ...
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... seen , was a covetous man , and a thief ; him he tempted to lay hold of , by any means , a sum of money . Ahab was ambitious and blood - thirsty ; him he stimulated to war . As a rich man , and a man bound by the ties of friendship and ...
... seen , was a covetous man , and a thief ; him he tempted to lay hold of , by any means , a sum of money . Ahab was ambitious and blood - thirsty ; him he stimulated to war . As a rich man , and a man bound by the ties of friendship and ...
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... seen that it is congenial to our fallen nature to commit sin . " Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts , murders , adulteries , forni- cations , thefts , false - witness , blasphemies . " Matt . xv . 19. We do not , therefore , need ...
... seen that it is congenial to our fallen nature to commit sin . " Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts , murders , adulteries , forni- cations , thefts , false - witness , blasphemies . " Matt . xv . 19. We do not , therefore , need ...
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Samuel Ransom. CHAPTER III . THE MODE OF TEMPTATION . FROM what we have seen of the character of the tempter , we conclude , necessarily , that his mode of tempting is exactly that which is most adapted to give his temptation effect ...
Samuel Ransom. CHAPTER III . THE MODE OF TEMPTATION . FROM what we have seen of the character of the tempter , we conclude , necessarily , that his mode of tempting is exactly that which is most adapted to give his temptation effect ...
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... seen that Satan can make them subserve his pur- poses ; and , that he will so use them when he can do it , we may be certain . 3. Satan can derive aid , in drawing us off from God , from prosperous circumstances . Few men know " how to ...
... seen that Satan can make them subserve his pur- poses ; and , that he will so use them when he can do it , we may be certain . 3. Satan can derive aid , in drawing us off from God , from prosperous circumstances . Few men know " how to ...
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Page 7 - And the LORD said unto Satan, "Whence comest thou?" Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 84 - For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God; and if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Page 7 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her ; and he did eat...
Page 170 - Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Page 6 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden...
Page 25 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 119 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 181 - Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Page 13 - And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
Page 154 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of GOD, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...