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71 Precept
PRECEPT A rule given by a superior; a direction or command. The precepts of religion, says Saurin, are not essential as the doctrines; and religion will as certainly sink, if the morality be subverted, as if the theology be undermined. The doctrines are only proposed to us as the ground of our duty.
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1 Thessalonians: Chapter 4, Verse 1
“Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, etc.]” Or request of you in the most kind and tender manner, from real and hearty love and affection for you, and with a view to your good, and the glory of God: “and exhort you:” Or beseech and entreat you. The apostle does not lay his commands upon them as he might have…
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December 12—Morning Devotion
"Take this and divide it among yourselves."—Luke 22:17 Precious Lord, such was thine unbounded love to thy people that thou gavest all to them! And, dearest Jesus, what didst thou reserve for thyself? And how wisely was thy love manifested! To every one grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ; for the purchase of redemption, in the…
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70 Principle
PRINCIPLE An essential truth from which others are derived: the ground or motive of action.
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1 Thessalonians: Chapter 4, Introduction
In this chapter the apostle proceeds to exhort in general to the performance of good works, particularly to purity of life, to brotherly love, to quietness, diligence, and industry in the several callings of life, and not to mourn in an excessive and immoderate manner for deceased friends; which leads him to say some things concerning the second coming of…
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December 11—Morning Devotion
"And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness."—Malachi 3:3 My soul, contemplate this gracious office of thy Jesus, and then see, whether he hath as graciously wrought it on thee. Jesus…
