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… the restraining power of God that prevents mankind from passing fully under the control of Satan. The disobedient and unthankful have great reason for …

… to restrain crime, but never to control the conscience. “The public or the magistrates may decide,” he said, “what is due from man to man; but when they attempt to …

… , and restrain, her children will naturally accept the evil, and turn from the good. Let every mother go often to her Saviour with the prayer, “Teach us, how shall …

… of restraining and governing the children that God had given to his care. But Eli shrank from this duty, because it involved crossing the will of his sons, and …

… . The restraining Spirit of God, which imposes a check upon the cruel power of Satan, was in a great measure removed, and he whose only delight is the wretchedness …