Secret Journal of a Self-observer: Or, Confessions and Familiar Letters of the Rev. J. C. Lavater, Volume 2

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T. Cadell, jun., and W. Davies, 1795 - Christian life - 372 pages
 

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Page 262 - It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: if we suffer, we shall also reign with him : if we deny him, he also will deny us : if we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Page 214 - For, we know that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diflblved, we have a building of GOD, an houfe not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Page 257 - But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
Page 26 - Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling-, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptifm, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Page 276 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God.
Page 26 - I befeech you, that ye walk worthy of the " vocation wherewith ye are called ; with all low" linefs and meeknefs, with long-fuffering, forbear" ing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep " the unity of the fpirit in the bond of peace...
Page 46 - Phil. iv. 4. REJOICE in the Lord alway ; and again I fay, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing by prayer and fupplication, with thankfgivrng, let your requefts be made known unto God.
Page 13 - Let the field exult, and all that is therein; Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy ; Before the Lord, for he cometh ; For he cometh to judge the earth : He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.
Page 260 - Let no man defpife thy youth ; but be thou an example of the believers in word, in converfation, in charity, in fpirit, in faith, in purity.
Page 24 - Spirit of wifdom and revelation in the knowledge of him : the eyes of your under/landing being enlightened ; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the faints, and what is the exceeding greatnefs of his power to...

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