The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D. in Nine VolumesLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1812 - Dissenters, Religious |
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... thoughts of myself to serve the interest of our Lord . I give up my own ease for your spiritual profit and your increase . I submit my inclinations to my duty , and in hopes of being made an instrument to build up this ancient church ...
... thoughts of myself to serve the interest of our Lord . I give up my own ease for your spiritual profit and your increase . I submit my inclinations to my duty , and in hopes of being made an instrument to build up this ancient church ...
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... thought he combined aptness , purity , and elegance of expression ; so affable and engaging was his deportment wherever he went , that the enquiring virtuous mind was always gratified , while the gay and thoughtless were fixed in ...
... thought he combined aptness , purity , and elegance of expression ; so affable and engaging was his deportment wherever he went , that the enquiring virtuous mind was always gratified , while the gay and thoughtless were fixed in ...
Page xvi
... Thoughts and Meditations in a long sick- ness , 1712 , -1713 . Yet , gracious God , amidst these storms of nature , Thine eyes behold a sweet and sacred calm Reign through the realms of conscience . All within Lies peaceful , all compos ...
... Thoughts and Meditations in a long sick- ness , 1712 , -1713 . Yet , gracious God , amidst these storms of nature , Thine eyes behold a sweet and sacred calm Reign through the realms of conscience . All within Lies peaceful , all compos ...
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... thoughts naturally lead me on to the second part of this subject , viz . holiness . Thus much shall suffice therefore concerning the first part of eternal life , which consists in happiness , viz . pardon of sin , peace of conscience ...
... thoughts naturally lead me on to the second part of this subject , viz . holiness . Thus much shall suffice therefore concerning the first part of eternal life , which consists in happiness , viz . pardon of sin , peace of conscience ...
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... thoughts , and in their desires , and have the first place in their designs and pursuits : As they that are after the flesh , mind the things of the flesh ; so they that are after the spirit , mind the things of the spirit ; Rom . viii ...
... thoughts , and in their desires , and have the first place in their designs and pursuits : As they that are after the flesh , mind the things of the flesh ; so they that are after the spirit , mind the things of the spirit ; Rom . viii ...
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Page 92 - the commandments; do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not. bear false witness, defraud not, honour thy father and mother. 20. And he answered, and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. 21. Then Jesus beholding him, loved him, and said unto 'him, one thing
Page 432 - besought him not to go up to that city. Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart ¥ For I am ready, not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 1
Page 556 - who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the Father of many nations, according to that which was spoken ; so shall thy seed be. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to
Page 313 - Christians at Ephesus the same advice; Eph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Talk of something that may improve one another in knowledge, in virtue, in religion : And let each of us be ashamed to think that we have been an hour
Page 311 - Let your conversation be with fear ; whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and wearing of gold; 1 Tim. ii.
Page 105 - perdition: for the love of money is the root of all evil; which, while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, have
Page 313 - gravity, and sincerity; sound speech that cannot be condemned, that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil to say of you. He gives
Page 328 - been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things; because it was from the Jews that the gospel first came forth, and was preached among the Gentiles;
Page 297 - 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
Page 242 - relief for all his woe ? Where shall the guilty conscience find Ease for the torment of the mind ? How shall we get our crimes forgiven, Or form our natures fit for heaven ; Can souls all o'er defil'd with sin ; Make their own powers and passions clean? In