The Quarterly Christian SpectatorA. H. Maltby, 1829 |
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... necessary employments of life , the very acts of visible worship done by wicked men , are pronounced an abomination to the Lord . In- deed every specific voluntary action , which is dictated by a heart in which the love of God is ...
... necessary employments of life , the very acts of visible worship done by wicked men , are pronounced an abomination to the Lord . In- deed every specific voluntary action , which is dictated by a heart in which the love of God is ...
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... then , that those acts which constitute using the means of regeneration , must have either some tendency to produce regeneration ; or some necessary or real connexion with it ; or must 22 [ MAR . Spring on the Means of Regeneration .
... then , that those acts which constitute using the means of regeneration , must have either some tendency to produce regeneration ; or some necessary or real connexion with it ; or must 22 [ MAR . Spring on the Means of Regeneration .
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some necessary or real connexion with it ; or must at least be such as will not infallibly prevent it . By these several tests we propose to show , that the acts above specified , do not con- stitute using the means of regeneration . In ...
some necessary or real connexion with it ; or must at least be such as will not infallibly prevent it . By these several tests we propose to show , that the acts above specified , do not con- stitute using the means of regeneration . In ...
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... necessary to se- cure its object . The fact of such a preference , if we mistake not , is often witnessed in great occasional fervor of supplica- tion , and in other efforts to secure so desirable a result . It may be useful to trace ...
... necessary to se- cure its object . The fact of such a preference , if we mistake not , is often witnessed in great occasional fervor of supplica- tion , and in other efforts to secure so desirable a result . It may be useful to trace ...
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... necessary means of averting a doom so dreadful as that which awaits him . But how obviously does the sinner entertaining such views , overlook or disregard the decisions of eternal truth ? How obvi- ously do such desires , and all acts ...
... necessary means of averting a doom so dreadful as that which awaits him . But how obviously does the sinner entertaining such views , overlook or disregard the decisions of eternal truth ? How obvi- ously do such desires , and all acts ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...