Letters to an Anxious Inquirer: Designed to Relieve the Difficulties of a Friend Under the Serious Impressions |
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... influence , and may give an unalterable tone to your future character . I admit that there is something fearful in the reflection , that so much may depend upon mat- ters , which , at other times , produce a less alarming influence : or ...
... influence , and may give an unalterable tone to your future character . I admit that there is something fearful in the reflection , that so much may depend upon mat- ters , which , at other times , produce a less alarming influence : or ...
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... influence of world- ly society . And it not unfrequently demands the full influence of a living principle of piety to restore him to a devotional frame . If such F be the experience of one whose principles and habits are ANXIOUS ...
... influence of world- ly society . And it not unfrequently demands the full influence of a living principle of piety to restore him to a devotional frame . If such F be the experience of one whose principles and habits are ANXIOUS ...
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... influence of the Holy Spirit , is not always perfectly contented with the part he has adopted . There is , I have no doubt , a latent feeling of insecurity , brought into action by the separation of a former companion : and he may feel ...
... influence of the Holy Spirit , is not always perfectly contented with the part he has adopted . There is , I have no doubt , a latent feeling of insecurity , brought into action by the separation of a former companion : and he may feel ...
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... equivo- cal character to the rules which a father may violate , rather than suspect the integrity of his parent . And this very principle , not unfre quently , gives an undue influence to the un- scriptural ANXIOUS INQUIRER . 35.
... equivo- cal character to the rules which a father may violate , rather than suspect the integrity of his parent . And this very principle , not unfre quently , gives an undue influence to the un- scriptural ANXIOUS INQUIRER . 35.
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... influence to the un- scriptural and most injudicious counsel of friends ; and that too , it may be , where the mo- tive is not fully understood by themselves . It is a cruel kindness which would sacrifice the interests of the soul to a ...
... influence to the un- scriptural and most injudicious counsel of friends ; and that too , it may be , where the mo- tive is not fully understood by themselves . It is a cruel kindness which would sacrifice the interests of the soul to a ...
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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?