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... teach the true names of the unseen powers and the proper formulæ by which their help could be commanded . And some forms of this philosophy promised to release the initiated from the trammels of the ordinary laws of morality , by ...
... teach the true names of the unseen powers and the proper formulæ by which their help could be commanded . And some forms of this philosophy promised to release the initiated from the trammels of the ordinary laws of morality , by ...
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... teach him to make himself happy without what he could have no certainty of attaining . That , however , was after all but a philosophy of despair ; and if it had been found possible to take away from human life the stimulus of hope and ...
... teach him to make himself happy without what he could have no certainty of attaining . That , however , was after all but a philosophy of despair ; and if it had been found possible to take away from human life the stimulus of hope and ...
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... things well . And the Jewish religion did more than teach such resignation as the Stoics inculcated , to the sovereign will of the irresistible Supreme Ruler : it taught that that Ruler loves 14 I GNOSTICISM AND AGNOSTICISM.
... things well . And the Jewish religion did more than teach such resignation as the Stoics inculcated , to the sovereign will of the irresistible Supreme Ruler : it taught that that Ruler loves 14 I GNOSTICISM AND AGNOSTICISM.
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... teaching , which gave new assurance of the love of Him who spared not His own Son , but freely gave Him up for us all . And so the humblest Christian has felt himself entitled to a privilege which it seems marvellous that we creatures ...
... teaching , which gave new assurance of the love of Him who spared not His own Son , but freely gave Him up for us all . And so the humblest Christian has felt himself entitled to a privilege which it seems marvellous that we creatures ...
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... shall appear , we shall be like Him . " The sense of the necessary dimness and incom- pleteness of our knowledge of the future life ought to teach us the wisdom of modesty and caution in 20 I GNOSTICISM AND AGNOSTICISM.
... shall appear , we shall be like Him . " The sense of the necessary dimness and incom- pleteness of our knowledge of the future life ought to teach us the wisdom of modesty and caution in 20 I GNOSTICISM AND AGNOSTICISM.
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Page v - Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without Me ye can do nothing.
Page vii - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 79 - But I say, Did not Israel know ? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. 20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not ; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
Page 112 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 302 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Page 310 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Page 120 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 304 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, "Behold, we knew it not;" doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 1 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 158 - In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon : when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.