Essays on Some of the Peculiarities of the Christian ReligionW. Baxter, 1825 - 285 sider |
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... example , why the sacrifice of Christ was necessary for our redemption , is a mystery beyond the reach of our present faculties ; and all attempts fully to explain it have served only to excite a prejudice against the doctrine , and to ...
... example , why the sacrifice of Christ was necessary for our redemption , is a mystery beyond the reach of our present faculties ; and all attempts fully to explain it have served only to excite a prejudice against the doctrine , and to ...
Side 143
... example than from precept ; but the difficulty is to find an example fit for imitation . Mere human models are all , more or less , imperfect ; and though it is unde- niable , that very great benefit may be derived from them , if we are ...
... example than from precept ; but the difficulty is to find an example fit for imitation . Mere human models are all , more or less , imperfect ; and though it is unde- niable , that very great benefit may be derived from them , if we are ...
Side 146
... examples , on the contrary , are unsafe , from their imperfection . Both may do some service , but both leave much to be desired . But if , while some of the ancient moralists were employed in recounting the actions , and holding forth ...
... examples , on the contrary , are unsafe , from their imperfection . Both may do some service , but both leave much to be desired . But if , while some of the ancient moralists were employed in recounting the actions , and holding forth ...
Side 151
... example of superhuman virtue , seconded by the promise of spiritual aid , to instruct and en- courage us in our duty - to illuminate and direct our Christian course - to purify and to elevate our nature . The one purpose , in short ...
... example of superhuman virtue , seconded by the promise of spiritual aid , to instruct and en- courage us in our duty - to illuminate and direct our Christian course - to purify and to elevate our nature . The one purpose , in short ...
Side 155
... But in fact it does much more . The rewards and punishments of the next world do indeed furnish a strong incitement to the practice of duty ; the moral precepts of the Scriptures , and still more the example of Christ , ESSAY III. ...
... But in fact it does much more . The rewards and punishments of the next world do indeed furnish a strong incitement to the practice of duty ; the moral precepts of the Scriptures , and still more the example of Christ , ESSAY III. ...
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Side 251 - Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Side 210 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Side 140 - Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard, in that he feared...
Side 117 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil, in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Side 114 - If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD...
Side 108 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Side 118 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live : that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him ; (for He is thy life, and the length of thy days...
Side 102 - I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Side 102 - O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
Side 100 - And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.