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... desire ; and as to himself , to rise to a more exalted eminence , and to a larger participa- tion of heavenly enjoyments . And is not this a truly glorious object ; an object so elevated as to be above all the pursuits of time ; so ...
... desire ; and as to himself , to rise to a more exalted eminence , and to a larger participa- tion of heavenly enjoyments . And is not this a truly glorious object ; an object so elevated as to be above all the pursuits of time ; so ...
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... desire and to promote the good of others , to love his neighbour as himself . The means devised and prescribed for these purposes are of a very ex- traordinary kind , and are wonder- fully efficacious for the accomplish ment of their ...
... desire and to promote the good of others , to love his neighbour as himself . The means devised and prescribed for these purposes are of a very ex- traordinary kind , and are wonder- fully efficacious for the accomplish ment of their ...
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... desire to form . They would construct society upon a principle different from that which prevails in every system in art as well as in nature . They would bring all men to a level ; cutting off as it were the heads of some , and adding ...
... desire to form . They would construct society upon a principle different from that which prevails in every system in art as well as in nature . They would bring all men to a level ; cutting off as it were the heads of some , and adding ...
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... desire of the eye , " that is , every species of covetousness , and " the pride of life , " that is , vanity , self - estimation , the love of worldly distinctions , and whatever is contrary to the humility and self - denial of the ...
... desire of the eye , " that is , every species of covetousness , and " the pride of life , " that is , vanity , self - estimation , the love of worldly distinctions , and whatever is contrary to the humility and self - denial of the ...
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... desire it ; and he well knows , in the language of the Apostle in the verse which follows the text , that " our ... desires so to pass through things temporal , that finally he may not lose the things eternal . If in the journey of life ...
... desire it ; and he well knows , in the language of the Apostle in the verse which follows the text , that " our ... desires so to pass through things temporal , that finally he may not lose the things eternal . If in the journey of life ...
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Page 502 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Page 90 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ...
Page 313 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live, turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will ye die?
Page 75 - For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Page 74 - O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 206 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 539 - For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Page 228 - For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 474 - And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Page 424 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them ; and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.