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Page 176
truth cannot be served by caricaturing and distorting the principles we wish to
recommend . There are no good extremes ; for the extreme opposite of error will
always prove to be error , not truth . The less that true Christian devotedness ...
truth cannot be served by caricaturing and distorting the principles we wish to
recommend . There are no good extremes ; for the extreme opposite of error will
always prove to be error , not truth . The less that true Christian devotedness ...
Page 221
While we wish more and more to divest our minds of any undue party spirit ,
abhorring fronı our hearts a sectarian narrowness of feeling ; wbile , too , we may
add , we feel ourselves less attached to the denomination to which we have the ...
While we wish more and more to divest our minds of any undue party spirit ,
abhorring fronı our hearts a sectarian narrowness of feeling ; wbile , too , we may
add , we feel ourselves less attached to the denomination to which we have the ...
Page 249
What king can be adduced in history , of his power , spirit , and character , who ,
after becoming so passionately in love in the year 1527 , yet arrested the
impulses of his natural impetuosity , and restrained his own wishes in the dearest
object ...
What king can be adduced in history , of his power , spirit , and character , who ,
after becoming so passionately in love in the year 1527 , yet arrested the
impulses of his natural impetuosity , and restrained his own wishes in the dearest
object ...
Page 360
The passage may be thus paraphrased : “ Sons , generally wish to be only heirs :
but so great is my love towards you , that I wish you to enjoy the heritage equally
with myself . You will have conferred on you the noblest liberty , and be ...
The passage may be thus paraphrased : “ Sons , generally wish to be only heirs :
but so great is my love towards you , that I wish you to enjoy the heritage equally
with myself . You will have conferred on you the noblest liberty , and be ...
Page 494
Upon the managers of these institutions , then , a responsibility devolves , which
we wish to see more publicly and distinctly recognised . If the ranks of the
Dissenting ministry shall continue to be exclusively filled up by young men from
the ...
Upon the managers of these institutions , then , a responsibility devolves , which
we wish to see more publicly and distinctly recognised . If the ranks of the
Dissenting ministry shall continue to be exclusively filled up by young men from
the ...
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Page 532 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 560 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer : and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Page 439 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Page 22 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 231 - Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost. And the young men came in, and found her dead, and carrying her forth buried her by her husband. And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
Page 516 - With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Page 560 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Page 69 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in. some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
Page 483 - And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw...
Page 561 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.