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共 25 段- The latter clause of the text specifies the general characte
- By this we are not to understand that the creature's knowled
- One of the most remarkable characteristics of a rational bei
- Instead, therefore, of being repelled by such a solemn truth
- The great lesson, then, taught by the text and its unfolding
- But this, too, is the result of sin. Take the atoms one by o
- It is this serious and damning fact in the history of man up
- The reality, and necessity, of the operation of the Holy Spi
- In expounding the doctrine of these words, in the preceding
- Let no one say: "God has promised to bestow the Holy Ghost t
- Of what use, then, is the law to a fallen man?--some one wil
- Now, he who has seriously "reasoned together" with God, resp
- In our careless unawakened state, which is our ordinary stat
- And in closing, we desire to repeat and emphasize this truth
- Now in this demand for a _perpetual effort_ which is made up
- No! Affection in the heart towards the great and glorious Go
- If we acknowledge the validity of the distinction between a
- 2. But, we may go a step further than this, though in the sa
- Our Lord did not intend, or pretend, to teach a milder ethic
- It is not a vain thing, therefore, to fear the Lord. The emo
- Again, the good man not only takes no real delight in sin, b
- The reason lies in the fact, implied in the text, that _the
- [Footnote 3: Plutarch supposes a form of punishment in the f
- Hence, our Lord began His Sermon on the Mount in these words
- In the opening of the discourse, we alluded to the fact that