Fletcher's Appeal to Matter of Fact & Common Sense: Or a Rational Demonstration of Man's Corrupt and Lost Estate, with the Address to Earnest Seeks for Salvation and an Appendix, to which is Now Added the Life of the Venerable Author, Compiled for this Work from the Most Authentic Source |
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... present state ; he endeavoured to administer comfort , but it did not suit my case there is no peace to a sinner unless it come from above . When we parted , he gave me some advice which suited my condition better . God ( said he ) is ...
... present state ; he endeavoured to administer comfort , but it did not suit my case there is no peace to a sinner unless it come from above . When we parted , he gave me some advice which suited my condition better . God ( said he ) is ...
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... present unpromising appearances : the God of all consolation shall be thy God , the health of thy countenance , and thy portion for ever . He was very anxiously desirous , that the voice of joy and health might be heard in the dwellings ...
... present unpromising appearances : the God of all consolation shall be thy God , the health of thy countenance , and thy portion for ever . He was very anxiously desirous , that the voice of joy and health might be heard in the dwellings ...
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... present every man perfect in Christ Jesus . Considering the business with which he was charged , as an employment of the highest importance , without paying any servile attention to times or places , he lost no opportunity of executing ...
... present every man perfect in Christ Jesus . Considering the business with which he was charged , as an employment of the highest importance , without paying any servile attention to times or places , he lost no opportunity of executing ...
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... present visit might be rendered both advantageous and comfortable , that the secret of the Lord might rest upon our common tabernacle , and that our society might be crowned by an intimate fellowship with that promised Emmanuel , in ...
... present visit might be rendered both advantageous and comfortable , that the secret of the Lord might rest upon our common tabernacle , and that our society might be crowned by an intimate fellowship with that promised Emmanuel , in ...
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... present the religion of Jesus in its most alluring form , not as a vial of wrath but as a cup of conso- lation ; not as a galling yoke , but as a sacred tie ; not as a ⚫ depressing burden , but as a never - failing support . When he ...
... present the religion of Jesus in its most alluring form , not as a vial of wrath but as a cup of conso- lation ; not as a galling yoke , but as a sacred tie ; not as a ⚫ depressing burden , but as a never - failing support . When he ...
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Popular passages
Page 115 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 109 - Thou art all fair, my love, there is no spot in thee.
Page 153 - For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Page 231 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 420 - Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness; "I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Page 423 - Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Page 136 - And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Page 355 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Page 35 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness : and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men...