Letters to an Anxious Inquirer: Designed to Relieve the Difficulties of a Friend Under the Serious Impressions |
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... once is almost like throw- ing the weight of a human being's eternity upon the counsel which shall be given . Im- proper encouragement may make an individual a mere formalist for life , and he may there- iv INTRODUCTORY ESSAY .
... once is almost like throw- ing the weight of a human being's eternity upon the counsel which shall be given . Im- proper encouragement may make an individual a mere formalist for life , and he may there- iv INTRODUCTORY ESSAY .
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... given : These are his difficulties and his dangers . " Among the difficulties of which he is ready to complain , is that of the want of something suitable to his own peculiar state . We follow Apostolical example when we recommend him ...
... given : These are his difficulties and his dangers . " Among the difficulties of which he is ready to complain , is that of the want of something suitable to his own peculiar state . We follow Apostolical example when we recommend him ...
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... given up all effort under secret pleas , as dishonourable to God as they are destructive to themselves . To en- umerate these pleas , and to exhibit their crimi- nality , might be an important engagement for one who acts as counsellor ...
... given up all effort under secret pleas , as dishonourable to God as they are destructive to themselves . To en- umerate these pleas , and to exhibit their crimi- nality , might be an important engagement for one who acts as counsellor ...
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... given will be considered too numerous . But I have thought that they might be an advantageous medium through which some ideas would more dis- tinctly appear . There is not one of them fic- titious ; and , excepting where marked by ex ...
... given will be considered too numerous . But I have thought that they might be an advantageous medium through which some ideas would more dis- tinctly appear . There is not one of them fic- titious ; and , excepting where marked by ex ...
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... given rise to a thousand discussions ; and has led to a variety of artificial rules of Christian conduct . Pro- fessors of religion who sincerely desire to pro- mote the weal of their friends , have frequently proposed such queries as ...
... given rise to a thousand discussions ; and has led to a variety of artificial rules of Christian conduct . Pro- fessors of religion who sincerely desire to pro- mote the weal of their friends , have frequently proposed such queries as ...
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Page 255 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Page 283 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 200 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 151 - And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD : for he is an holy God ; he is a jealous God ; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Page 200 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all : yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness. is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Page 156 - For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Page 203 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 272 - So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Page 206 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed: and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye (Ezek., 18: 27-32).
Page 272 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?