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... observable : So much godliness as may be professed without a peculiar relation to Jesus , the world will bear ; sobriety and benevolence they will applaud ; even prayers , fastings , and other external acts may vi INTRODUCTION ,
... observable : So much godliness as may be professed without a peculiar relation to Jesus , the world will bear ; sobriety and benevolence they will applaud ; even prayers , fastings , and other external acts may vi INTRODUCTION ,
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John Newton. even prayers , fastings , and other external acts may be com- mended ; but to live godly in Christ ... act un- restrained by human laws , ) are employed for the same ends and purposes , which , in other countries , are more ...
John Newton. even prayers , fastings , and other external acts may be com- mended ; but to live godly in Christ ... act un- restrained by human laws , ) are employed for the same ends and purposes , which , in other countries , are more ...
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... Acts xxvii . 42. The soldiers would have killed all the prisoners , right or wrong , rather than one of them should have a possibility of escaping : and in this , without doubt , they con- sulted their own safety , and the spirit of ...
... Acts xxvii . 42. The soldiers would have killed all the prisoners , right or wrong , rather than one of them should have a possibility of escaping : and in this , without doubt , they con- sulted their own safety , and the spirit of ...
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... act up to their own princi- ples , when they most needed their support * . A still more affecting view of the degeneracy of hu- man nature we have in the history of the Israelites , whom God was pleased to set apart from the rest of ...
... act up to their own princi- ples , when they most needed their support * . A still more affecting view of the degeneracy of hu- man nature we have in the history of the Israelites , whom God was pleased to set apart from the rest of ...
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... act contrary to present duty , to please themselves with imagining , how well they would have behaved in another situation , or a different age . They think it a mark of virtue to condemn the wickedness of former times , not aware that ...
... act contrary to present duty , to please themselves with imagining , how well they would have behaved in another situation , or a different age . They think it a mark of virtue to condemn the wickedness of former times , not aware that ...
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