Christian Charity Explained; Or, The Influence of Religion Upon Temper Stated: In an Exposition of the Thirteenth Chapter of the First Epistle to the CorinthiansJ. Leavitt, 1830 - 281 sider |
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Side 70
... revenge ; it is a short mad- ness , and an eternal enemy to discourse , and sober counsels , and fair conversation ; it is a fever in the heart , and a calenture in the head , and a fire in the face , and a sword in the hand , and a ...
... revenge ; it is a short mad- ness , and an eternal enemy to discourse , and sober counsels , and fair conversation ; it is a fever in the heart , and a calenture in the head , and a fire in the face , and a sword in the hand , and a ...
Side 71
... revenge , but triumphed over his adversaries , by disregarding the insults and injuries they offered him . This was more remarkable , as in acqui- ring this dominion over his passions , he had to struggle against natural propensities ...
... revenge , but triumphed over his adversaries , by disregarding the insults and injuries they offered him . This was more remarkable , as in acqui- ring this dominion over his passions , he had to struggle against natural propensities ...
Side 73
... revenge- ful . Love is full of benevolence and good - will , and therefore cannot allow itself to indulge those tempers which are unfriendly to the happiness of mankind . Let us seek to strengthen this parent principle , which will ...
... revenge- ful . Love is full of benevolence and good - will , and therefore cannot allow itself to indulge those tempers which are unfriendly to the happiness of mankind . Let us seek to strengthen this parent principle , which will ...
Side 74
... revenge . Revenge is a term that a Christian should blot out from his vocabulary with his own penitential tears , or with the drops of his gratitude for the pardon he has received from God . There is no passion more hostile to the very ...
... revenge . Revenge is a term that a Christian should blot out from his vocabulary with his own penitential tears , or with the drops of his gratitude for the pardon he has received from God . There is no passion more hostile to the very ...
Side 75
... revenge was certainly forbidden under the Old Testament , and still more explicitly under the New . " Blessed are ... revenge in any form , or in any measure , is forbidden by the Christian religion . The misfortune of many is , that ...
... revenge was certainly forbidden under the Old Testament , and still more explicitly under the New . " Blessed are ... revenge in any form , or in any measure , is forbidden by the Christian religion . The misfortune of many is , that ...
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Side 75 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Side 75 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Side 9 - Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in. all.
Side 32 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Side 75 - Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Side 211 - But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe...
Side 69 - For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds : but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant — descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the...
Side 34 - Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Side 212 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him ; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.
Side 116 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.