The Quarterly Christian SpectatorA. H. Maltby, 1834 - Theology |
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... desire is to im- itate the chastened spirit , the sober argumentation , and the chris- tian temper evinced in this tract . It is firm in its principles , but not illiberal ; decided in its views , but not censorious ; settled in its ...
... desire is to im- itate the chastened spirit , the sober argumentation , and the chris- tian temper evinced in this tract . It is firm in its principles , but not illiberal ; decided in its views , but not censorious ; settled in its ...
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... desire is that she may become throughou as we rejoice she is increasingly becoming , -the warm , devote friend of revivals , and missionary operations . She is consolidated well marshaled ; under an efficient system of laws ; and pre ...
... desire is that she may become throughou as we rejoice she is increasingly becoming , -the warm , devote friend of revivals , and missionary operations . She is consolidated well marshaled ; under an efficient system of laws ; and pre ...
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... desires for her success , was of signal importance to her cause . And the charities which indi- viduals bestowed , when they sent food and clothing to her starving and naked population , answered still more directly the object in view ...
... desires for her success , was of signal importance to her cause . And the charities which indi- viduals bestowed , when they sent food and clothing to her starving and naked population , answered still more directly the object in view ...
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... desire that this reformation might make progress in England , was yet unwilling to sign a temperance pledge , because he feared it would be an im- peachment of his understanding , if he were thought to entertain the belief , that a ...
... desire that this reformation might make progress in England , was yet unwilling to sign a temperance pledge , because he feared it would be an im- peachment of his understanding , if he were thought to entertain the belief , that a ...
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... desires been pla- ced within our immediate reach ; had there been necessary no in- termediate steps , or mental process , between the desire and its grati- fication , our race would never have risen above the level of irrational ...
... desires been pla- ced within our immediate reach ; had there been necessary no in- termediate steps , or mental process , between the desire and its grati- fication , our race would never have risen above the level of irrational ...
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Page 4 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 118 - Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 12 - Wherefore, of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.— And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
Page 13 - Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree : him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly ; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Page 14 - And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men, of what thou hast seen and heard.
Page 104 - Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Page 13 - And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem ; whom they slew and hanged on a tree...
Page 22 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Page 12 - Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you ; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Page 32 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.