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... father , ' let me congratulate you that to do right is with you the same thing as pleasing yourself . Hold hard by that , and you'll ever be our own dear Duncan . ' The boy was silent , but presently said- ' I shall get him to examine ...
... father , ' let me congratulate you that to do right is with you the same thing as pleasing yourself . Hold hard by that , and you'll ever be our own dear Duncan . ' The boy was silent , but presently said- ' I shall get him to examine ...
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... father's eye fixed regretfully upon him . Mr. Spencer might , perhaps , have intimated a reproof , but remembered that his children had been aware of too many things that could not but act unfavourably on their minds in reference - not ...
... father's eye fixed regretfully upon him . Mr. Spencer might , perhaps , have intimated a reproof , but remembered that his children had been aware of too many things that could not but act unfavourably on their minds in reference - not ...
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... living God , who is , moreover , my revealed Father , the distinction between general and special providence vanishes , as a matter of speculation . 6 Practically , that is a ' special providence ' which 16 THE MEANS OF LIFE .
... living God , who is , moreover , my revealed Father , the distinction between general and special providence vanishes , as a matter of speculation . 6 Practically , that is a ' special providence ' which 16 THE MEANS OF LIFE .
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... Fathers ' in reference to the use of the New Testament in the congregations . The assertion , that those writings often allude to a New Testament collection , and its normal character , needs limitation . Citations from New Testament ...
... Fathers ' in reference to the use of the New Testament in the congregations . The assertion , that those writings often allude to a New Testament collection , and its normal character , needs limitation . Citations from New Testament ...
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... fathers . Though these may be called writings , ' they still distin- guished them from Apostolic writings ; in a word , the fathers drew from a twofold source Scripture and written tradition . This leads us to another question : Upon ...
... fathers . Though these may be called writings , ' they still distin- guished them from Apostolic writings ; in a word , the fathers drew from a twofold source Scripture and written tradition . This leads us to another question : Upon ...
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Page 295 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 560 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 248 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Page 549 - The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 245 - But He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind Me, Satan : thou art an offence unto Me : for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Page 737 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2.
Page 330 - Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Page 777 - It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth or is offended or is made weak.
Page 456 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things ; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Page 399 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.