The Christian Observer, Volume 31Hatchard and Company, 1832 - Religion |
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... happiness ; and , were it yet enlarged by Divine love , as that of Archbishop Cambray's , I make no doubt it would be able to say to you as his did to the Duke of Burgundy , ' that had I a thousand lives , I would give them as a drop of ...
... happiness ; and , were it yet enlarged by Divine love , as that of Archbishop Cambray's , I make no doubt it would be able to say to you as his did to the Duke of Burgundy , ' that had I a thousand lives , I would give them as a drop of ...
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... happiness of the servants of God . On these the excellent woman who , as it is here argued , formed much of what existed of pure religion in the soul of Johnson , lived ; and supported by these , she died . And precious in the sight of ...
... happiness of the servants of God . On these the excellent woman who , as it is here argued , formed much of what existed of pure religion in the soul of Johnson , lived ; and supported by these , she died . And precious in the sight of ...
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... happiness which has been procured by the cross of Christ . But where is such a position to be found in Scripture ? Where has it promised a state of future happiness to all mankind , upon living up to those du- ties ? Its promises are ...
... happiness which has been procured by the cross of Christ . But where is such a position to be found in Scripture ? Where has it promised a state of future happiness to all mankind , upon living up to those du- ties ? Its promises are ...
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... happiness , without combining in the same view the cross of Christ . As consistently may he expunge from his Creed , every article intervening between God the Father Almighty , ' and ' the life everlasting . ' he mean to omit it ? or ...
... happiness , without combining in the same view the cross of Christ . As consistently may he expunge from his Creed , every article intervening between God the Father Almighty , ' and ' the life everlasting . ' he mean to omit it ? or ...
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... happiness , or to rewards and punishments of any kind , there is a congruity and fitness that a creature should obey its Creator , that a limited and imperfect being should submit to one of infinite and incomprehensible perfections ...
... happiness , or to rewards and punishments of any kind , there is a congruity and fitness that a creature should obey its Creator , that a limited and imperfect being should submit to one of infinite and incomprehensible perfections ...
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Page 362 - Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 395 - And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Page 342 - And he opened the bottomless pit ; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Page 89 - As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God...
Page 262 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 138 - For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 30 Having the same conflict "which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Page 176 - For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel : not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
Page 343 - And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle ; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Page 503 - ... to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 395 - And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.