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The truth is , we form a wrong estimate of this good , and expect from fruition that
which it was never designed to communicate : so that by raising our hopes too
high , we lose the pleasure which might be lawfully indulged , and then complain
...
The truth is , we form a wrong estimate of this good , and expect from fruition that
which it was never designed to communicate : so that by raising our hopes too
high , we lose the pleasure which might be lawfully indulged , and then complain
...
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... but acknowledge , on reflection , that his pravity has been the result of his own
choice , it is quite natural for him to look to future reformation for something that
may counterbalance his guilt , and avert the punishment he has reason to expect
.
... but acknowledge , on reflection , that his pravity has been the result of his own
choice , it is quite natural for him to look to future reformation for something that
may counterbalance his guilt , and avert the punishment he has reason to expect
.
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... sinner that in his flesh dwelleth no good thing ; that his own righteousness is as
filthy rags , and that , if he expect to be justified before God , all he has ever
esteemed gain , in reference to this grand affair , must be esteemed loss for
Christ .
... sinner that in his flesh dwelleth no good thing ; that his own righteousness is as
filthy rags , and that , if he expect to be justified before God , all he has ever
esteemed gain , in reference to this grand affair , must be esteemed loss for
Christ .
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He knew there was a connexion between the faith of which be then spoke and
moral duties : that it would be as congruous to expect grapes of thorns , or figs of
thistles , as to suppose faith in the heart unproductive of real holiness in the life .
He knew there was a connexion between the faith of which be then spoke and
moral duties : that it would be as congruous to expect grapes of thorns , or figs of
thistles , as to suppose faith in the heart unproductive of real holiness in the life .
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In the present world , which is fitly compared to a waste howling wilderness ,
where are pricking briars and grieving thorns , the Christian must expect to meet
with many obstructions ; with much to perplex his mind , to excite discouragement
...
In the present world , which is fitly compared to a waste howling wilderness ,
where are pricking briars and grieving thorns , the Christian must expect to meet
with many obstructions ; with much to perplex his mind , to excite discouragement
...
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| Título | The Refuge. [A Series of Letters Upon Religion.] MS. Note |
| Autor | William Giles |
| Editor | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Británica |
| Digitalizado | 16 Mayo 2018 |
| Largo | 250 páginas |
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