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... flesh and the world . - Treatise IV . , On the Dress of Virgins . ON THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH . The Church is one , though she be expanded into a multitude by the increase of her children - as the sun has many rays , but one light ; as ...
... flesh and the world . - Treatise IV . , On the Dress of Virgins . ON THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH . The Church is one , though she be expanded into a multitude by the increase of her children - as the sun has many rays , but one light ; as ...
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... of martyrs crowned for their victory of strife and suffering ; there are virgins triumphant who have overcome , by the power of continency , the concupiscence of the flesh and the body THE CHRISTIAN'S NATIVE LAND . 47.
... of martyrs crowned for their victory of strife and suffering ; there are virgins triumphant who have overcome , by the power of continency , the concupiscence of the flesh and the body THE CHRISTIAN'S NATIVE LAND . 47.
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... flesh and the body ; there are merciful men enjoying their reward , who fulfilled the works of righteousness , giving food and gifts to the poor , and , in con- formity with the instructions of the Lord , trans- ferred their earthly ...
... flesh and the body ; there are merciful men enjoying their reward , who fulfilled the works of righteousness , giving food and gifts to the poor , and , in con- formity with the instructions of the Lord , trans- ferred their earthly ...
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... flesh - tints are concealed , and you can see them only by looking through a prism that will absorb all those variegated rays of rhetoric and fable . You then see beaming out upon you the beauty of holi- ness and the majesty of the man ...
... flesh - tints are concealed , and you can see them only by looking through a prism that will absorb all those variegated rays of rhetoric and fable . You then see beaming out upon you the beauty of holi- ness and the majesty of the man ...
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... flesh reclining on the temple of the Word— at that soul , bound in the fetters of the flesh , surveying the shrine of the fulness of Divinity . To the others , in their astonishment , the soul of John replies , " I am black , but comely ...
... flesh reclining on the temple of the Word— at that soul , bound in the fetters of the flesh , surveying the shrine of the fulness of Divinity . To the others , in their astonishment , the soul of John replies , " I am black , but comely ...
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Page 125 - As ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
Page 303 - THIS interesting and attractive series of Stories for Young People is primarily intended, as the title imports, to inculcate in an unobtrusive manner the " Golden Rule." The old proverb saith truly, " Precepts may lead, but examples draw." It will be found that these Stories bear upon the cardinal elements of character — quietly and naturally showing the necessity of their culture— bringing out in a pleasant genial manner the teachings of experience, and the true aims of life.
Page 128 - For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Page 101 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 154 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 100 - How long, how long? To-morrow, and to-morrow? Why not now? Why is there not this hour an end to my uncleanness?
Page 281 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 138 - For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Page 144 - Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a pharisee and the other a publican ; the pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican ; I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Page 278 - CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us ; therefore let us keep the feast ; Not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.