Essays Designed to Afford Christian Encouragement and ConsolationWhittaker, Treacher & Company, 1833 - 367 páginas |
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... writer who has availed himself so fully , and made so extensive and conclusive a use of the accumulative evidence arising from indirect , extraneous , and even hostile matter , as Mr. Sheppard has done ; and his work is of great value ...
... writer who has availed himself so fully , and made so extensive and conclusive a use of the accumulative evidence arising from indirect , extraneous , and even hostile matter , as Mr. Sheppard has done ; and his work is of great value ...
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... writer has been and continues grateful , are in great part so applicable to the contents of the present volume , that , for readers possessing the former , nothing prefatory may here be needful . The title implies , that this work is ...
... writer has been and continues grateful , are in great part so applicable to the contents of the present volume , that , for readers possessing the former , nothing prefatory may here be needful . The title implies , that this work is ...
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... writers , in our own as in former days , who think chiefly for another class ; who possess that enviable energy and confidence , which breathe an eloquent vigour through their pages , and doubtless bear forward kindred spirits in the ...
... writers , in our own as in former days , who think chiefly for another class ; who possess that enviable energy and confidence , which breathe an eloquent vigour through their pages , and doubtless bear forward kindred spirits in the ...
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... " stated ; and others whose notions , though both doctrinally and practically just in the main , seem much too easy and flexible in detail . All who compose these classes or approach them , ( and the writer as far as xii PREFACE .
... " stated ; and others whose notions , though both doctrinally and practically just in the main , seem much too easy and flexible in detail . All who compose these classes or approach them , ( and the writer as far as xii PREFACE .
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John Sheppard. approach them , ( and the writer as far as he may rank with either ) need to be reminded so- lemnly of our Saviour's words , " Not every one that saith unto me Lord , Lord , shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he ...
John Sheppard. approach them , ( and the writer as far as he may rank with either ) need to be reminded so- lemnly of our Saviour's words , " Not every one that saith unto me Lord , Lord , shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he ...
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Página 83 - As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance, but as he 'which hath called you, is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written ; Be ye holy, for I am holy.
Página 203 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.
Página 79 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Página 277 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Página 109 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Página 114 - For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are his ways higher than our ways, and his thoughts than our thoughts.
Página 229 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God*.
Página 68 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes, became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich...
Página 146 - ... which recognizes moral infirmity. Moral psychology does no more for the criminal than to furnish a comprehensive commentary on these two texts. If we cannot help feeling more and more that it is God who worketh in us to will and to do...
Página 263 - He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, Even praise unto our God : Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in the Lord.