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now , descending from their thrones to do him homage , they cast their crowns in
one glittering heap at the feet which were nailed on Calvary . Look there , and
learn in whose name to seek salvation , and through whose merits to hope for it .
now , descending from their thrones to do him homage , they cast their crowns in
one glittering heap at the feet which were nailed on Calvary . Look there , and
learn in whose name to seek salvation , and through whose merits to hope for it .
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In his case , the hopes of the living and the intentions of the dead were alike
frustrated . The prize had proved a blank ; a necessary result of this fatal
oversight , that the heir had not been made meet for the inheritance . Is such
training needful ...
In his case , the hopes of the living and the intentions of the dead were alike
frustrated . The prize had proved a blank ; a necessary result of this fatal
oversight , that the heir had not been made meet for the inheritance . Is such
training needful ...
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You hope to go to heaven ! I hope you will . But , unless your heart is sanctified
and renewed , what were heaven to you ? an abhorrent The day that took you
there would end all enjoyment , and throw you , a castaway , upon a solitude
more ...
You hope to go to heaven ! I hope you will . But , unless your heart is sanctified
and renewed , what were heaven to you ? an abhorrent The day that took you
there would end all enjoyment , and throw you , a castaway , upon a solitude
more ...
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... like a summer cloud , while they discharge their burden in tears , are spanned
by a bow of hope , -in longings that aspire after a purer state and a better land , in
these things have you at once the pledge of heaven and the meetness for it ?
... like a summer cloud , while they discharge their burden in tears , are spanned
by a bow of hope , -in longings that aspire after a purer state and a better land , in
these things have you at once the pledge of heaven and the meetness for it ?
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the hope that , when you die , you will succeed to the inheritance - ah ! how shall
the event , the dreadful reality , undeceive you ! Ponder these words , I pray you ,
“ Without holiness , no man shall see the Lord , " “ Without are dogs , " " There ...
the hope that , when you die , you will succeed to the inheritance - ah ! how shall
the event , the dreadful reality , undeceive you ! Ponder these words , I pray you ,
“ Without holiness , no man shall see the Lord , " “ Without are dogs , " " There ...
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| Title | Christ and the Inheritance of the Saints: Illustrated in a Series of Discourses from the Colossians |
| Author | Thomas Guthrie |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black, 1858 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2016 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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