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... habit of any known sin , in the wilful neglect of any known duty , we are unfit to die ; and death , if it found us in such a state , would endanger our souls for ever . If we are wilfully living in a state of unfitness for the Lord's ...
... habit of any known sin , in the wilful neglect of any known duty , we are unfit to die ; and death , if it found us in such a state , would endanger our souls for ever . If we are wilfully living in a state of unfitness for the Lord's ...
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... habit of procrastina- tion , a habit of putting off from day to day the doing of that which we acknow- ledge ought to be done , -which we intend Eccles . ix . 10 . This to do , at some time or other . Mortality of man . 13.
... habit of procrastina- tion , a habit of putting off from day to day the doing of that which we acknow- ledge ought to be done , -which we intend Eccles . ix . 10 . This to do , at some time or other . Mortality of man . 13.
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Edward Berens. This to do , at some time or other . habit , however , must be broken through by him , who really feels upon what a very precarious uncertain tenure he holds his present existence , and is sensible how sud- denly he may be ...
Edward Berens. This to do , at some time or other . habit , however , must be broken through by him , who really feels upon what a very precarious uncertain tenure he holds his present existence , and is sensible how sud- denly he may be ...
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... habit of neglect- ing public worship , and the other duties of the Lord's day , having been led into such neglect , either by the business of this life , and thinking such business of more importance than the care of his soul , or by ...
... habit of neglect- ing public worship , and the other duties of the Lord's day , having been led into such neglect , either by the business of this life , and thinking such business of more importance than the care of his soul , or by ...
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... habit of looking upon the riches of this world as a short - lived possession , en- trusted to us only for a time ; we shall have learnt , not to set our hearts upon them , but to endeavour to " lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven ...
... habit of looking upon the riches of this world as a short - lived possession , en- trusted to us only for a time ; we shall have learnt , not to set our hearts upon them , but to endeavour to " lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven ...
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Page 121 - And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. *^And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. ^And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry Mm to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
Page 100 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 56 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 64 - Praise the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, O my soul : and forget not all his benefits...
Page 119 - So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is...
Page 11 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 15 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him : for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.
Page 56 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Page 49 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Page 49 - My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.