The British Churches in Relation to the British PeopleA. Hall, Virtue & Company, 1849 - 458 páginas |
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Página 47
... society , and that since the passing away of that tremendous outburst , the atmosphere has been sensibly fresher , the pulse of the Church livelier , and her spirits more buoyant , than for a long time before . No man , then , it is ...
... society , and that since the passing away of that tremendous outburst , the atmosphere has been sensibly fresher , the pulse of the Church livelier , and her spirits more buoyant , than for a long time before . No man , then , it is ...
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... society has an interest - and the functions of its spiritual life may be , one way or another , assisted by our free utterance of thought , whether the conclusion at which we have arrived be right or wrong . Lastly , if what has been ...
... society has an interest - and the functions of its spiritual life may be , one way or another , assisted by our free utterance of thought , whether the conclusion at which we have arrived be right or wrong . Lastly , if what has been ...
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... of the certainty with which that light which first illuminated only the mountain peaks of society , serving at the time to waken in the vales below no other feeling than that of wonder , or , perhaps 50 RELIGIOUS LIFE , AND HOW.
... of the certainty with which that light which first illuminated only the mountain peaks of society , serving at the time to waken in the vales below no other feeling than that of wonder , or , perhaps 50 RELIGIOUS LIFE , AND HOW.
Página 106
... society round about them not only might know , but could not help knowing . In the appli- cation of these principles they might occasionally err . In the interpretation of God's will , they were not exempt from mistakes . But that Jesus ...
... society round about them not only might know , but could not help knowing . In the appli- cation of these principles they might occasionally err . In the interpretation of God's will , they were not exempt from mistakes . But that Jesus ...
Página 108
... societies for the furtherance of the reign of Christ over human hearts . They are instituted to promote the ascendency of all that ought to be , over all that is - and intense sympathy with oughtness , if I may so express it , as the ...
... societies for the furtherance of the reign of Christ over human hearts . They are instituted to promote the ascendency of all that ought to be , over all that is - and intense sympathy with oughtness , if I may so express it , as the ...
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affections amongst apostolic appointed aristocratic sentiment ascer asso association authority bear become benevolence body British Churches character Christian Church of Christ Church of England common constitute display distinctions divine truth duty earnest effort eldership emotions enterprise eternal evil exclusively exercise exertion exhibit express extent fact faith feeling genius of Christianity give God's gospel habits heart honour human impression individual influence intel interest irreligion Jesus Christ labour less living look man's manifestation matter means ment merely mind minister ministry mission mode moral power nature ness object organized pathies perhaps piety political religionism position practical preaching present principle profession professional sentiment purpose racter recognise regard religious render respect revealed truth revelation sacred Scripture social society soul sphere spiritual success sympathy teaching Testament things thought tion trade spirit true uncon utterance vidual whilst word worldly
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Página 209 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, "Sit thou here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool," are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Página 336 - Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, "and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law...
Página 26 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.
Página 26 - That which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary. That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure ; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness, which was the reason why our sage and serious poet Spenser, whom I dare be known to think a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas...
Página 29 - Him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon, i with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of...
Página 38 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Página 82 - Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Página 26 - He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true warfaring Christian.
Página 196 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Página 82 - Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. : but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and if a Son, then an heir of God, through Christ.