The gems of masonry : emblematic and descriptive (1859)
Sherer, John · Cincinnati : The Author · leaf 49
if it be cut down, that it willsprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.—Job xiv, 7. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that heshall stand at the latter day upon the earth.—Job xix, 25. Thestina: of death is sin ; and the strenpth of sin is the law. Butthanks be to God,… … 0.. .This figure represents that state of perfection at whichthe good man arrives, by the aid of vital religion, exemplifiedby a moral and virtuous life. As faith without works is dead/so works, without the sanctifying power of godliness, are **assounding brass or a tinkling cymbal/ Faith and works…
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