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producing causes of the great majority of matrimonial alliances. How then can such turbid and bitter fountains send forth pure and sweet waters? Unfitness of minds, more than circumstances, is what in general mars the marriage union. Where minds are suited, means of happiness and contentment are ever within reach. I scruple not to say that those who marry for money are committing adultery as long as they live. A conversation on board ship between Leith and Lerwick.—"How is it," says one, "that the most simple and unadorned rings are used in the matrimonial ceremony?"—"Because, I believe, the canon law requires that no other should be used."—A. C. "I am not aware, that there is any law on this part of the subject. The law states that a metal ring shall be used, and not one of leather, straw, thread, &c.; and the reason to me appears to be this:—The ring itself points out the duration of the union; it is without end in reference to the natural lives of the parties. Metal is less liable to destruction than flax, leather, straw, &c. Gold is generally preferred, not only because it is the most precious, but the most perfect of metals, being less liable to destruction or deterioration by oxydisement. Life will wear out by labours, trials, &c.; and so will gold by attrition, frequent use, &c. Therefore, life and the metal shadow forth each other, properly enough. As to the ring being simple and unadorned, I think it has its reason in the case itself, and in the feelings and apprehension of the spouse who produces it. He has chosen, according to his feelings, one whom he esteems the most perfect of her kind: she is to him superior to every other female, adorned with every charm. To use then, in this state of the case, any ornament, would be a tacit confession that her person was defective, and needed something to set it off, and must be more or less dependant on the feeble aid of dress."—Mrs. Frembly. "But, sir, there is soon added what is called a guard; and this is, if circumstances will admit, highly ornamented with pearls or brilliants."—A. C. "True, madam; and this is not without much signification. The unadorned ring
supposes the fact of the bride's great superiority as already mentioned, and her suitable feelings toward her spouse; but the guard is afterward added. In order to preserve this perfection, the husband feels it necessary to add ornaments to the union, that is, endearments, attentions, and obligations, to keep his wife steady to the character which he has given her to assume; and without attention to the support of the character, and the continuance of endearing conduct, he knows the progress of married life will soon remove all false or too sanguine expectations of each other's character. The bubble, if it were one, would soon burst; animosities and mutual recriminations would soon imbitter wedded life, and show how false and empty the high-formed estimation and expectations of each other were at the beginning. Thus the guard, as well as the ring, are not without their respective significations."
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke CON
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XXXIII.—Hell XXXIV.—Heaven XXXV
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Mr. Clarke kept an English and clas
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of sorrow, the day of deliverance d
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another village, and repeated the s
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Mr. Clarke entered on the regular w
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In 1785 Mr. Clarke was appointed to
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The year 1791 is remarkable in the
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duty as a Methodist preacher. In th
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His "Concise View of the Succession
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eneficial effect upon his constitut
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is indebted to Dr. Clarke, will not
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the mightiest and happiest nation o
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from 1 Tim. i, 15: "This is a faith
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needlessly; keep from all unnecessa
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serve for their dinner. I said, 'Go
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popular; but God scarcely ever empl
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on the shortest notice, and pour fo
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voes, and men, and devils would be
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itself. Whatever errors may be obse
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Irish Academy,—member of the Amer
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and intelligent heathens. They had
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government, and with many millions
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mercy on those whose ignorance lead
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was in Judea, where every thing tha
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1. By the personal appearance of Hi
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holiness, omniscience, and omnipote
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The law of God is a code of instruc
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The law could not pardon; the law c
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke II.
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Thus we find that he is the most ex
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke III
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God is a Spirit: he is nothing like
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general laws, he chooses often to a
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strength or power. It was this whic
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BENEVOLENCE.—Entertain just notio
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When man fell, the same love induce
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"the wretched state of the sinner p
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the thought. If cherubim and seraph
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were manifested; and merely, I thin
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke V.
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has conceived the most astonishing
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powers of the most astonishing comp
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forth his glory: which they can do
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endued with the gift of speech and
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unfriendly to the continual support
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"lieth in the wicked one," with an
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in which we were created. 2. We are
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were evil"—the very first embryo
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sin has been denied by many, while
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Men may amuse themselves by arguing
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nature and dignity of that God agai
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according to the plain construction
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Moses and in the evangelists; there
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THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST—We must
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Christ alone was Prophet, Priest, a
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Christ will never accommodate his m
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Christ's agony and distress can rec
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and if only many and not all have f
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and the whole world is about to be
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JESUS! be thou the centre to which
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Christ's sake has forgiven him his
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alone pardon his guilt: but no dish
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necessary effect; and suffering can
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke VII
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it may, and must, in many cases, be
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as they list, but these truths of G
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his word and his Spirit; and learn
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himself and of his designs, either
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke IX.
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offerings of eternal goodness, and
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To forsake all, without following C
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As a father might disinherit his so
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke X.
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or pardon of all past sin, through
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highest possible evidence of the wo
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man's reason, fancy, or imagination
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those who had every advantage which
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night of spiritual affliction, and
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has it from its own direct witness.
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mankind, with all the fruits of a h
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When reconciled to God, and thus br
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man cannot be operated on in this w
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thought; together with every idea w
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Love is the means of preserving all
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ing it on the first day of the week
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laws of nature, the principles of w
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Nor does it cast out that fear whic
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sanctity. I have known such persons
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In examining this grand subject far
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3. LIVING HOPE.—The hope that liv
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The presumptuous person imagines he
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that image and likeness of God whic
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elievers, under the name of Christi
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frequently under a dense mask, and
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above described. They were men of t
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to be slothful, and unfaithful to t
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e filled with all the fulness of Go
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things to heart, and answer this qu
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How strangely warped and blinded by
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atom of the comb or wax is separate
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can stand examination by the test l
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out of every Christian's creed. The
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confess their own sore and the plag
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making one who is already a child o
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lessing thus promised is not to be
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espect inconceivable: no mind can g
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and presumptuous worshippers. Were
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sufficiently insisted on it; they a
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oxen?" Yes, and he mentions them wi
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All who are addicted to riot and ex
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I have known many decent, respectab
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Suppose the stories to be true, or
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and when he has thus got it, he boa
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withheld to some charitable purpose
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worshipper. He seeks to know the wi
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prevent the light from coming in."
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It is not merely to tell God our wa
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perishing from the blessedness of b
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I suppose the grossly absurd and pe
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upright heart suppose that the pray
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When a man has any doubts whether h
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God has put it in the power of ever
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unrighteous judge; and, in conseque
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Redeemer in the most amiable and ab
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Here it may not be improper to rema
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Moses had not appointed any musical
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Of this glorious church every Chris
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monarchy, a civil government by the
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Though "little children," they were
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke XIX
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ead and wine should be used to keep
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ministers of God see that the ordin
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3. As it is the duty of every Chris
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than celibacy; and hence I execrate
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found. If we wish them to be wise,
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saves the soul, and fills the heart
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means of grace. This is your work,
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"Fathers, provoke not your children
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How ruinous are family distractions
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operations of nature, and the synth
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ingeth salvation to all men," Titus
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke XXI
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II. OBEDIENCE. There can be no gove
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke XXI
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etter understood! Great possessions
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eternal life of God, for the sacrif
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke XXV
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heaven can make him a proper preach
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deeply studied man; one who has pra
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should take care to have his own so
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general, and of man in particular;
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authority of God, let him be carefu
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for a living: ye who gather a congr
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disgrace every department in the Ch
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evenues, if he have God's wo, how m
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Avoid the error of those who are co
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truth by any indiscretions or unsea
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and we seldom find great scholars g
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to use a familiar expression, there
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tobacco will also fall before the S
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Earnest frequent prayer to God, and
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How careful should the ministers of
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Avoid paraphrasing a whole book or
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Give out the page and measure of th
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The only preaching worth any thing,
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He who knows the value of time, and
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God requires that his people should
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It is the privilege of the churches
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But he is found in his temple, wher
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must be mixed with all that we hear
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Endeavour to get your minds deeply
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spoken to you as if your name were
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mind prudent counsels, profitable d
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God has often permitted demons to a
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Satan, who works in the heart of th
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otherwise impregnable fortification
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke XXV
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Human strength and human weakness a
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke XXV
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It is no certain proof of the displ
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own faith and obedience; and that h
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vain; and at last, by the power of
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke XXI
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adequate to their production; and b
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wonder and eat it; and that is the
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at last deny that he ever had it, a
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Evil habits are formed and strength
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The people who know not God are in
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order," having no arrangements, no
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his angels, but with God and his sa
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to be effected cannot be proved to
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e made to the damned, then we may e
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God never removes any of his servan
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14. That no human being since the f
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eucharist or Lord's supper, as comm
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unreservedly his all to God, and de
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dogmatical systems of geology itsel
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The soul was made for God; and noth
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that man was; and we may be sure th
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they could never have known, we fee
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dimensions, situation, or colour of
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against it, lose it, and perish eve
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shipwreck herself has suffered, and
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come:" I ask, "Why, then, is black
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TOBACCO. EVERY medical man knows we
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I grant that a person who is brough
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smile at their own conduct? "Be ye
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and hence, being turned out of thes
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success in it: that in the evening,
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5. What underwood, hazel, furs, or
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3. Clothing.—Of what kinds? names
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7. What are the books used in educa
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XIX.—Letting of Lands, Rents, Ten
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more assiduity than formerly; looki
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well, and speak comfortably, and ar
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advantage of their neighbour's nece
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God; if you get not this in time, y
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[4] The following letter I received
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as above, that no absolute necessit
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duty, of the president of the confe
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