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... duty of watch- fulness , contained in Holy Scripture , remind us of one occasion of serious peril , by which our souls are beset . Surrounded , as we are , on every side , with the visible creation , demanding a conside- rable portion ...
... duty of watch- fulness , contained in Holy Scripture , remind us of one occasion of serious peril , by which our souls are beset . Surrounded , as we are , on every side , with the visible creation , demanding a conside- rable portion ...
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... duties and dangers are set forth . We thus lose the benefit , which the instruction conveyed to us was mercifully intended to impart , and meanwhile are running the risk of being guilty of the very foolishness , of which the parable ...
... duties and dangers are set forth . We thus lose the benefit , which the instruction conveyed to us was mercifully intended to impart , and meanwhile are running the risk of being guilty of the very foolishness , of which the parable ...
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... duty and their interest alike required , that they should be ready at the Bridegroom's return . But they had composed themselves to sleep , and meanwhile their lamps had gone out . And surely we see the very counterpart of this in the ...
... duty and their interest alike required , that they should be ready at the Bridegroom's return . But they had composed themselves to sleep , and meanwhile their lamps had gone out . And surely we see the very counterpart of this in the ...
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... duty , the same knowledge , the same interests , the same opportunities , the same hopes . It was their difference of conduct under this identity of circumstances , which shewed the wisdom of the one , and the folly of the other . And ...
... duty , the same knowledge , the same interests , the same opportunities , the same hopes . It was their difference of conduct under this identity of circumstances , which shewed the wisdom of the one , and the folly of the other . And ...
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... duties . And supposing any stranger to Christianity were told , it was thus the people were occupied on this day of rest , in this holy place , would he not expect to find them a people fearing God and working righteousness ? If he were ...
... duties . And supposing any stranger to Christianity were told , it was thus the people were occupied on this day of rest , in this holy place , would he not expect to find them a people fearing God and working righteousness ? If he were ...
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Page 141 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent ? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? " And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb.
Page 147 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 104 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 192 - For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 308 - THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion...
Page vi - But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not...
Page 289 - Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 263 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page vi - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Page 88 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.