Sermons illustrating Christ's dealings with his ChurchJ. Hatchard & Son, 1830 - 335 pages |
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... have never looked for it in the soul ? These are the frequenters of the desert , who , because they know nothing of purer hap- piness , and are strangers to a better land , would , if it were possible , fix their dwellings OF HIS CHURCH .
... have never looked for it in the soul ? These are the frequenters of the desert , who , because they know nothing of purer hap- piness , and are strangers to a better land , would , if it were possible , fix their dwellings OF HIS CHURCH .
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... land of transgressors , should bring a sea of agitation into the soul ? is it strange that the most unholy and unchristian tempers should rule it with a master's power ? that by turns they should beset him , and betray him , and ...
... land of transgressors , should bring a sea of agitation into the soul ? is it strange that the most unholy and unchristian tempers should rule it with a master's power ? that by turns they should beset him , and betray him , and ...
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... land ? Oh ! come up from the waste places ; delay will but increase your difficulties ! Loiter a little longer , and the day of grace will have sunk into a night of terrible darkness ; but be not so unwise as to perish , when your next ...
... land ? Oh ! come up from the waste places ; delay will but increase your difficulties ! Loiter a little longer , and the day of grace will have sunk into a night of terrible darkness ; but be not so unwise as to perish , when your next ...
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... lands , they wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way , and found no city to dwell in ; hungry and thirsty , their soul fainted in them ; so they cried unto the Lord in their trouble , and he delivered them out of their distresses ...
... lands , they wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way , and found no city to dwell in ; hungry and thirsty , their soul fainted in them ; so they cried unto the Lord in their trouble , and he delivered them out of their distresses ...
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... land , and that his secret sins could only be searched out , and purified by God . Do not fancy , my brethren , because you are not as some men are , drunkards , or extortioners , or swearers , that therefore these hidden enemies are ...
... land , and that his secret sins could only be searched out , and purified by God . Do not fancy , my brethren , because you are not as some men are , drunkards , or extortioners , or swearers , that therefore these hidden enemies are ...
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Page 16 - Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
Page vii - And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to ' go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink ; he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Page 134 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty Go<J of Jacob : (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel...
Page 43 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 165 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God...
Page 80 - Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people and unto her gods ; return thou after thy sister-in-law. And Ruth said : Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God...
Page 151 - And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites : for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God ; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Page 34 - And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
Page 34 - These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Page 38 - O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.