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... believe that many a glaring and fiery dispute of present times will fade away - and our thoughts are not of contro- versy . We are thinking rather of that uncontroverted " and venerable Christianity , which , through this durable ...
... believe that many a glaring and fiery dispute of present times will fade away - and our thoughts are not of contro- versy . We are thinking rather of that uncontroverted " and venerable Christianity , which , through this durable ...
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... believe that the success arising from our ministrations depends essentially on the state of our hearts . You anticipate our success in pro- portion to our piety . A Church that sincerely panted for usefulness would be swayed by the ...
... believe that the success arising from our ministrations depends essentially on the state of our hearts . You anticipate our success in pro- portion to our piety . A Church that sincerely panted for usefulness would be swayed by the ...
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... believe me , it rests , to a great extent , with you to determine how far our mind and heart shall be qualified to conduct you onward . Is not our faith subject to discouragement , as well as yours ? And can we fail to be disheartened ...
... believe me , it rests , to a great extent , with you to determine how far our mind and heart shall be qualified to conduct you onward . Is not our faith subject to discouragement , as well as yours ? And can we fail to be disheartened ...
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... believe his doctrine , and practice his precepts . The world will never be con- verted by words only . They have no ... believe Moses and the Prophets , neither would they believe though one rose from the dead . To eloquence ? Paul was ...
... believe his doctrine , and practice his precepts . The world will never be con- verted by words only . They have no ... believe Moses and the Prophets , neither would they believe though one rose from the dead . To eloquence ? Paul was ...
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... believe our messuage ; but if you contradict our statements by your lives , they will reject our appeals ; lest by attending to them , they should be identified with your hypocrisy , and injure a cause which they may be willing to allow ...
... believe our messuage ; but if you contradict our statements by your lives , they will reject our appeals ; lest by attending to them , they should be identified with your hypocrisy , and injure a cause which they may be willing to allow ...
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Page 20 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are : that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 11 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 21 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 34 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 9 - But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 3 - Do ye not know, that they who minister about holy things live of the sacrifice; and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord also ordained, that they who preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Page 7 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 11 - Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Page 34 - And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Page 5 - Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters : they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.