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... honour they are capable of , and degrade themselves to a level with the beasts . But let it not be so with you . Pray to the Lord to teach you to love him , and when you think of him , fix your thoughts upon Jesus Christ ; upon him who ...
... honour they are capable of , and degrade themselves to a level with the beasts . But let it not be so with you . Pray to the Lord to teach you to love him , and when you think of him , fix your thoughts upon Jesus Christ ; upon him who ...
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... be , you will do honour to the school you come from . I think you are in general willing to oblige her , and I am persuaded a little care and resolution on you part , would soon make it easy and familiar 10 [ Let . 4 . TO MISS.
... be , you will do honour to the school you come from . I think you are in general willing to oblige her , and I am persuaded a little care and resolution on you part , would soon make it easy and familiar 10 [ Let . 4 . TO MISS.
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... honour to propose me for my judgment . I hope it is from some real sense of my own weakness , that I usu- ally ... honours you , by permitting you to be brought to such a trial , and thereby putting it in your power of giving both to the ...
... honour to propose me for my judgment . I hope it is from some real sense of my own weakness , that I usu- ally ... honours you , by permitting you to be brought to such a trial , and thereby putting it in your power of giving both to the ...
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... honour of preaching to more than one of this description . Go on , madam ; may the Lord be with you . I feel for you , I pray for you , and I rejoice in the hope , that I shall soon have to congratulate you that the Lord has given you a ...
... honour of preaching to more than one of this description . Go on , madam ; may the Lord be with you . I feel for you , I pray for you , and I rejoice in the hope , that I shall soon have to congratulate you that the Lord has given you a ...
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... honour you with some usefulness while he continues you . Live with him to - day , and leave to - morrow in his hands . Do not let your spirits be burdened as though you were bound to perform impossibilities ; but make the best you can ...
... honour you with some usefulness while he continues you . Live with him to - day , and leave to - morrow in his hands . Do not let your spirits be burdened as though you were bound to perform impossibilities ; but make the best you can ...
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Page 111 - For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
Page 280 - Enter ye in at the strait gate ; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat ; because strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 154 - Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith; That we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that we may be filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 80 - Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
Page 50 - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 51 - Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records...
Page 222 - Christ ; who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired by all them that believe.
Page 290 - And for the majesty that he gave him all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.
Page 261 - God, to go and serve the gods of these nations ; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood ; and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst...
Page 125 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.