Pastor's TestimonyCarter, 1843 - 240 pages |
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Page 13
... reference to human corruption be received as un- doubted verities , he who attempts to investigate intellectual or moral philosophy , history , or political science , will grope his way through a region filled with mist and darkness ...
... reference to human corruption be received as un- doubted verities , he who attempts to investigate intellectual or moral philosophy , history , or political science , will grope his way through a region filled with mist and darkness ...
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... reference to the letter from which the preceding ex- tract has been made , the reader ought to be apprized , that it was not written for the eye of the author , nor for the public . It has here been introduced to show that God sometimes ...
... reference to the letter from which the preceding ex- tract has been made , the reader ought to be apprized , that it was not written for the eye of the author , nor for the public . It has here been introduced to show that God sometimes ...
Page 34
... reference to confir- mation , as to a preparation for the sacrament to which it is only the admission - door . Unspeakably would I prefer that you should tell me when I visit you , that you have none to present for the laying on of ...
... reference to confir- mation , as to a preparation for the sacrament to which it is only the admission - door . Unspeakably would I prefer that you should tell me when I visit you , that you have none to present for the laying on of ...
Page 52
... reference to some individual in- stances ; and that that which was done to the believers of Samaria and Ephesus , was also done to all that in every place called upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord , both theirs and ours . ' Unless ...
... reference to some individual in- stances ; and that that which was done to the believers of Samaria and Ephesus , was also done to all that in every place called upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord , both theirs and ours . ' Unless ...
Page 69
... reference to religious rites . They attach either too much or too little importance to them . The adoption of either of these errors leads to hurtful and ruinous consequences . On the one hand , they who attach undue importance to any ...
... reference to religious rites . They attach either too much or too little importance to them . The adoption of either of these errors leads to hurtful and ruinous consequences . On the one hand , they who attach undue importance to any ...
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Page 194 - And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Page 159 - Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
Page 186 - Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Page 160 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Page 209 - WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table.
Page 47 - Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John...
Page 36 - Baptism doth represent unto us our profession ; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him ; that, as he died, and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.
Page 155 - So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, "Wash, and be clean...
Page 48 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 209 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.