The Quarterly Christian SpectatorA. H. Maltby, 1829 |
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... agent , applying his whole mental energy to the im- mediate work of turning to God - where is the immutable de- finitive purpose of renouncing the world and sin and giving the whole man to Christ and his service , taken at once - ta ...
... agent , applying his whole mental energy to the im- mediate work of turning to God - where is the immutable de- finitive purpose of renouncing the world and sin and giving the whole man to Christ and his service , taken at once - ta ...
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... agent . Since however there is a real distinction between such a preference or choice , and the general desire of hap- piness which fixes on no definite object but puts the soul upon finding and choosing some object as the means of its ...
... agent . Since however there is a real distinction between such a preference or choice , and the general desire of hap- piness which fixes on no definite object but puts the soul upon finding and choosing some object as the means of its ...
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... agent and is properly addressed by motives to holiness , so certain is it , that he has constitutional susceptibilities to that good which these motives proffer ; and that , if he is led at all to prefer this good to every other , he is ...
... agent and is properly addressed by motives to holiness , so certain is it , that he has constitutional susceptibilities to that good which these motives proffer ; and that , if he is led at all to prefer this good to every other , he is ...
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... agent in some form is the ultimate end ; and since all the happiness known to man is comprised in God , or in the world , one or the other must be the object of su- preme affection , if any object be thus regarded . To the sinner ...
... agent in some form is the ultimate end ; and since all the happiness known to man is comprised in God , or in the world , one or the other must be the object of su- preme affection , if any object be thus regarded . To the sinner ...
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... - a truth which , in its awful infallibility and direct practical bearing on the sinner as an accountable agent , constitutes the last moral influence that detaches his 28 [ MAR . Spring on the Means of Regeneration .
... - a truth which , in its awful infallibility and direct practical bearing on the sinner as an accountable agent , constitutes the last moral influence that detaches his 28 [ MAR . Spring on the Means of Regeneration .
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Страница 90 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Страница 90 - I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel: we shall be divided by our little partial local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a byword down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest.
Страница 154 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them.
Страница 138 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Страница 103 - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Страница 90 - In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible uf danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the divine protection ! Our prayers, sir, were heard ; — and they were graciously answered.
Страница 89 - We have gone back to ancient history for models of government, and examined the different forms of those republics, which, having been originally formed with the seeds of their own dissolution, now no longer exist ; and we have viewed modern states all round Europe, but find none of their constitutions suitable to our circumstances.
Страница 305 - tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon: Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush'd thy temples gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.
Страница 79 - It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Страница 272 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...