First Things: A Series of Lectures on the Great Facts and Moral Lessons First Revealed to MankindM. W. Dodd, 1852 - Bible |
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... outward sin , and be more attentive to the external duties of moral- ity and religion ; we have nothing to say against such reform and such seriousness ; they are greatly needed . But these give no answer to the great THE FIRST DEIST . 27.
... outward sin , and be more attentive to the external duties of moral- ity and religion ; we have nothing to say against such reform and such seriousness ; they are greatly needed . But these give no answer to the great THE FIRST DEIST . 27.
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... duty . Nor is there any em- barrassment on this great subject if men will go to the word of God . Abel , though dead , " yet speaketh , " and shows the way of life . Those who , like Cain , follow their own fancies in opposition to the ...
... duty . Nor is there any em- barrassment on this great subject if men will go to the word of God . Abel , though dead , " yet speaketh , " and shows the way of life . Those who , like Cain , follow their own fancies in opposition to the ...
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... fice of his Son . If you say , " I am embarrassed ; I know not what to do ; I am in darkness ; I can- not see my way clear : " then earnestly cry for light . Only let your heart be toward your duty 30 THE FIRST DEIST .
... fice of his Son . If you say , " I am embarrassed ; I know not what to do ; I am in darkness ; I can- not see my way clear : " then earnestly cry for light . Only let your heart be toward your duty 30 THE FIRST DEIST .
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... duty and your Saviour , and light will soon shine upon your path . You will come to him as you are , be- cause the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost . You will come as you are , because he came not to call the ...
... duty and your Saviour , and light will soon shine upon your path . You will come to him as you are , be- cause the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost . You will come as you are , because he came not to call the ...
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... duties ; nor do they find these scenes and duties joyless ; but they have other and higher aims , and live " as strangers and pilgrims on the earth . " They are gradually weaned from earth , and direct their steps to a different and ...
... duties ; nor do they find these scenes and duties joyless ; but they have other and higher aims , and live " as strangers and pilgrims on the earth . " They are gradually weaned from earth , and direct their steps to a different and ...
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Page 137 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 124 - Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ...
Page 189 - And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard; And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Page 362 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing...
Page 9 - Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
Page 258 - O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, 'Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee...
Page 90 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Page 247 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place ; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 378 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 247 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...