The Works of Robt: Leighton ...William Nicholson, Warner Street, 1808 - Theology |
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... believe it is not in your Vita patrum : the other Valerius Maximus I conceived would cloy you the less , because it is of so much va- riety of selected examples , and the stages are so short you may begin and leave off where you will ...
... believe it is not in your Vita patrum : the other Valerius Maximus I conceived would cloy you the less , because it is of so much va- riety of selected examples , and the stages are so short you may begin and leave off where you will ...
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... believe it because we speak it so often and so confidently . Well I know you are not will ing to be thus gulled , and having some glances of the beauty of holiness , aim no lower than perfection , which in end we hope to attain ; d 2 ...
... believe it because we speak it so often and so confidently . Well I know you are not will ing to be thus gulled , and having some glances of the beauty of holiness , aim no lower than perfection , which in end we hope to attain ; d 2 ...
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... believe it you often think on these words of the blessed champion Paula . There is a noble guest within us . Oh ! let all our business be to entertain him honourably , and to live in celes- tial love within , that will make all things ...
... believe it you often think on these words of the blessed champion Paula . There is a noble guest within us . Oh ! let all our business be to entertain him honourably , and to live in celes- tial love within , that will make all things ...
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... believe this or no , I am not careful . " The following is an extract from a letter written a few months after Bishop Leighton took possession of the see of Dunblane , and discovers an instance of true wit closely con- nected ( ah ...
... believe this or no , I am not careful . " The following is an extract from a letter written a few months after Bishop Leighton took possession of the see of Dunblane , and discovers an instance of true wit closely con- nected ( ah ...
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... believe less than they do , and you would also gladly believe more than they do : they are sometimes pained and Iviii LIFE OF.
... believe less than they do , and you would also gladly believe more than they do : they are sometimes pained and Iviii LIFE OF.
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Page 37 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found : surely hi the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Page 50 - OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Page 27 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 38 - Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Page 8 - But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Page 165 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...
Page 70 - My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning : I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Page 73 - Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, LORD, what wait I for ? my hope is- in Thee.
Page 19 - There be many that say, Who will shew us any good ? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Page 163 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him?