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... true by woful experience , that the yielding to a little sin , hath been the ushering in of a greater ; the little thief will open the door , and make way for the greater , and the little wedge knocked in , will make way for the greater ...
... true by woful experience , that the yielding to a little sin , hath been the ushering in of a greater ; the little thief will open the door , and make way for the greater , and the little wedge knocked in , will make way for the greater ...
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... true , said he , the devil made worms ; but said the other , if the devil made worms , then he made birds , beasts , and man ; he granted all : Thus , ' saith St. Austin , ' by denying God in the fly , he came to deny God in man , and ...
... true , said he , the devil made worms ; but said the other , if the devil made worms , then he made birds , beasts , and man ; he granted all : Thus , ' saith St. Austin , ' by denying God in the fly , he came to deny God in man , and ...
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... true , · Hezekiah's heart was lifted up upon the abun- dance of mercies God had given him , and it is as true that Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart , so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon him , nor upon ...
... true , · Hezekiah's heart was lifted up upon the abun- dance of mercies God had given him , and it is as true that Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart , so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon him , nor upon ...
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... true end of the former , according to that in the proverb , Smart makes wit , and vexation gives understanding ? ' whence Luther fitly calls affliction , The Chris- tian man's divinity . ' So saith Job , ( chap . xxxiii . 16-19 . ) God ...
... true end of the former , according to that in the proverb , Smart makes wit , and vexation gives understanding ? ' whence Luther fitly calls affliction , The Chris- tian man's divinity . ' So saith Job , ( chap . xxxiii . 16-19 . ) God ...
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... true repentance . Repentance is some other thing than what vain men conceive . † Repentance is sometimes taken in a more strict and narrow sense , for godly sorrow ; some- times it is taken in a large sense , for amendment It was a vain ...
... true repentance . Repentance is some other thing than what vain men conceive . † Repentance is sometimes taken in a more strict and narrow sense , for godly sorrow ; some- times it is taken in a large sense , for amendment It was a vain ...
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Page 41 - For God speaketh once, Yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he my withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Page 96 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Page 154 - Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Page 227 - And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you, as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Page 52 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 193 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Page 88 - I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; Because thou didst it Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Page 154 - God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Page 143 - What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?" Then answered I them, and said unto them, "The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build : but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Page 115 - Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men ; that I might leave my people, and go from them ! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.