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... fluence , as his happiness justly requires . Do- ing right , in the strictest sense , is performing an act of justice ; conceding to one that for which he has a fair and equitable demand . To perform a favourable action towards any one ...
... fluence , as his happiness justly requires . Do- ing right , in the strictest sense , is performing an act of justice ; conceding to one that for which he has a fair and equitable demand . To perform a favourable action towards any one ...
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... fluence of a great many circumstances and in- cidents ; and these , too , were severally de- pendent on others . But the series does not end here . Joseph's servitude , and even his advancement , in the land of Egypt , was but a step to ...
... fluence of a great many circumstances and in- cidents ; and these , too , were severally de- pendent on others . But the series does not end here . Joseph's servitude , and even his advancement , in the land of Egypt , was but a step to ...
Page 109
... fluence ? " Thine , O Lord , is the greatness , and the power , and the glory , and the victo ry , and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the K kingdom , O Lord , and thou art exalted as ...
... fluence ? " Thine , O Lord , is the greatness , and the power , and the glory , and the victo ry , and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the K kingdom , O Lord , and thou art exalted as ...
Page 142
... fluence ; that God performs his works of providence and grace out of regard to him- self , and not out of regard to any other . The motive of his actions is not from abroad ; but entirely within himself . Being under foreign or exterior ...
... fluence ; that God performs his works of providence and grace out of regard to him- self , and not out of regard to any other . The motive of his actions is not from abroad ; but entirely within himself . Being under foreign or exterior ...
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... fluence from themselves . " Not for your sakes do I this , saith the Lord God , be it known unto you : be ashamed and confound- ed for your own ways , O house of Israel . " Moses speaks similar language to the people , when about to ...
... fluence from themselves . " Not for your sakes do I this , saith the Lord God , be it known unto you : be ashamed and confound- ed for your own ways , O house of Israel . " Moses speaks similar language to the people , when about to ...
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Page 213 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ : according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love : having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved...
Page 177 - But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth ; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Page 132 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 165 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 134 - For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself, saying : — Surely blessing I will bless thee, And multiplying I will multiply thee.
Page 264 - Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Page 254 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the LORD hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Page 133 - His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Page 128 - I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 134 - If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.