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... appears by Jer . iii . 10. and iv . 3 , 4. and al- so by the great apostacy that there was in the land , so soon after his reign . So it was in that great out - pouring of the Spirit upon the Jews , that was in the days of John the Bap ...
... appears by Jer . iii . 10. and iv . 3 , 4. and al- so by the great apostacy that there was in the land , so soon after his reign . So it was in that great out - pouring of the Spirit upon the Jews , that was in the days of John the Bap ...
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... appears plainly to have been in the visible church of God , in times of great reviving of religion , from time to time , as it is with the fruit trees in the spring ; there are a multitude of blossoms ; all which appear fair and beau ...
... appears plainly to have been in the visible church of God , in times of great reviving of religion , from time to time , as it is with the fruit trees in the spring ; there are a multitude of blossoms ; all which appear fair and beau ...
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... appear , people that are engaged to defend its cause , are commonly most exposed , where they are least sensible of danger . While they are wholly intent upon the oppo- sition that appears openly before them , to make head against that ...
... appear , people that are engaged to defend its cause , are commonly most exposed , where they are least sensible of danger . While they are wholly intent upon the oppo- sition that appears openly before them , to make head against that ...
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... appear . True virtue never appears so lovely , as when it is most op- pressed : and the divine excellency of real Christianity is ne- ver exhibited with such advantage , as when under the great- est trials : then it is that true faith ...
... appear . True virtue never appears so lovely , as when it is most op- pressed : and the divine excellency of real Christianity is ne- ver exhibited with such advantage , as when under the great- est trials : then it is that true faith ...
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... appears , in the first place , in the inward exercises of it in the heart , where is the principal and original seat of it . Hence true religion is called the power of godliness , in distinction from the external appearances of it ...
... appears , in the first place , in the inward exercises of it in the heart , where is the principal and original seat of it . Hence true religion is called the power of godliness , in distinction from the external appearances of it ...
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Page 151 - For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God...
Page 346 - My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue ; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
Page 23 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 340 - I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. " Surely," shall one say, " in the Lord have I righteousness and strength :" even to him shall men come ; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
Page 361 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 98 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 110 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Page 73 - Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being His counsellor hath taught Him? With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of judgment, and taught Him knowledge, and shewed to Him the way of understanding...
Page 232 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 267 - But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual. . . . For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.