A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy LifeJ.M. Dent & Company, 1906 - 355 páginas |
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... Divine Knowledge , " which was by way of preamble to a new English edition of the works of Boehme , appeared in 1752. We must not forget Dr. Johnson's tribute to the " Serious Call " : that it was the first occasion of his “ thinking in ...
... Divine Knowledge , " which was by way of preamble to a new English edition of the works of Boehme , appeared in 1752. We must not forget Dr. Johnson's tribute to the " Serious Call " : that it was the first occasion of his “ thinking in ...
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... Divine petitions , without a holiness of life suitable to them , as to sup- pose a holy and Divine life without prayers . Let any one therefore think how easily he could confute a man that pretended to great strictness of life 4 A ...
... Divine petitions , without a holiness of life suitable to them , as to sup- pose a holy and Divine life without prayers . Let any one therefore think how easily he could confute a man that pretended to great strictness of life 4 A ...
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... Divine grace , or that it is in our own power to make ourselves perfect . It only supposes , that through the want of a sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions we fall into such irregularities of life as by the ordinary ...
... Divine grace , or that it is in our own power to make ourselves perfect . It only supposes , that through the want of a sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions we fall into such irregularities of life as by the ordinary ...
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... Divine mercy ; for this reason , because he can no more plead any weakness or infirmity in his excuse , than the man that hid his talent in the earth could plead his want of strength to keep it out of the earth . But now , if this be ...
... Divine mercy ; for this reason , because he can no more plead any weakness or infirmity in his excuse , than the man that hid his talent in the earth could plead his want of strength to keep it out of the earth . But now , if this be ...
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... Divine life , as we have not yet attained . The best way for any one to know how much he ought to aspire after holiness , is to consider , not how much will make his present life easy , but to ask him- self , how much he thinks will ...
... Divine life , as we have not yet attained . The best way for any one to know how much he ought to aspire after holiness , is to consider , not how much will make his present life easy , but to ask him- self , how much he thinks will ...
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Página 56 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Página 164 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Página 126 - Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed ; and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Página 269 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Página 56 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Página 94 - Lord: 33 But he that is married caretb for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit : but she that is married, careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Página 33 - Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Página 311 - But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Página 78 - Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.