Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1830 edition. Extrait: ...unto God by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, he will feel his religious zeal quickened, his love for his fellow Christians expanded, while he is thus habituated to behold them united with himself in "one faith, one baptism," "one hope of their ...
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Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1830 edition. Extrait: ...unto God by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, he will feel his religious zeal quickened, his love for his fellow Christians expanded, while he is thus habituated to behold them united with himself in "one faith, one baptism," "one hope of their calling6," united in the service of the same Lord, the commemoration of the same sacrifice of their common Redeemer, partakers of the same promises, exposed to similar trials here, heirs of the same salvation hereafter. Thus the soul that hungers and thirsts after righteousness, will retire from the temple of the Lord, and the congregation of the faithful, with his zeal enlivened, his faith confirmed, his activity increased, his charity enlarged, and so prepared to go on from strength to strength, from light to light, still approaching nearer and nearer unto "the perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ7." Johniv. 34. 5 Phil, iii. 14. The same anxious desire for religious improvement which inspires the private devotions, conducts the scriptural studies, and animates the public worship of the sincerely zealous Christian, will also lead him to avoid every temptation to evil, and to search out for opportunities of exercising and confirming every pious affection, and every virtuous principle, in the distribution of his time, the choice of his company, the direction of his studies, the nature of his serious employments, and still more the spirit in which he conducts them. In every period of his life, and every exertion of his faculties, in every company and every occupation, he will be regulated by the same unceasing zeal to please his God. Thus shall he go forth into the busy scenes of life, guided and guarded by...
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