The Inconsistency of Conformity in this World with a Profession of Christianity: Illustrated in Three DialoguesSeeley & Burnside, 1831 - 140 pages |
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... dear madam , did our time insensibly slide on , till I was about twenty years age , and my dear sister Eliza about eighteen , At this period of my life it pleased God , in his great mercy , to afflict me with a fit of sickness , which ...
... dear madam , did our time insensibly slide on , till I was about twenty years age , and my dear sister Eliza about eighteen , At this period of my life it pleased God , in his great mercy , to afflict me with a fit of sickness , which ...
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... dear madam , that my little history demonstrates the possibility , if proper means be adopted , of amusing young people without suffering them to mix in those defiling and degrading vanities , from which none escape uninjured . And , on ...
... dear madam , that my little history demonstrates the possibility , if proper means be adopted , of amusing young people without suffering them to mix in those defiling and degrading vanities , from which none escape uninjured . And , on ...
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... dear madam , that I have taken a very early opportunity of calling on you ; to which I have been encouraged by the kind atten- tion which you showed me during our walk on Monday . MRS . DORMER . My dear Miss Newman , I am truly glad to ...
... dear madam , that I have taken a very early opportunity of calling on you ; to which I have been encouraged by the kind atten- tion which you showed me during our walk on Monday . MRS . DORMER . My dear Miss Newman , I am truly glad to ...
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... dear madam , of the Lord's people is to be treated with respect , and not to be rejected without very full proof of its fallacy . Now you know that the concurring voice of those who have been most eminent for their attachment to the ...
... dear madam , of the Lord's people is to be treated with respect , and not to be rejected without very full proof of its fallacy . Now you know that the concurring voice of those who have been most eminent for their attachment to the ...
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... dear madam , that either our Lord or his apostles ever prac- tised these or such like things ; or that , if they were now on earth , they would do so ? And is not their example a model for our conduct ? 1 Rom . vi . 23 . Can we err in ...
... dear madam , that either our Lord or his apostles ever prac- tised these or such like things ; or that , if they were now on earth , they would do so ? And is not their example a model for our conduct ? 1 Rom . vi . 23 . Can we err in ...
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Page 91 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he ; Among innumerable false, unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example, with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 83 - We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do signt him with the sign of the Cross ; in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil ; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Page 67 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols ? for ye are the temple of the living God ; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 92 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach, far worse to bear Than violence ; for this was all thy care To stand approved in sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse...
Page 133 - Him there they found Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve, Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy', and with them forge Illusions, as he list, phantasms and dreams...
Page 66 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Page 36 - What years are squander'd, wisdom's debt unpaid ? Our wealth in days, all due to that discharge. Haste, haste, he lies in wait, he's at the door, Insidious death ! should his strong hand arrest, No composition sets the prisoner free. Eternity's inexorable chain Fast binds ; and vengeance claims the full arrear.
Page 85 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 71 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Page 85 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not ? hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.