A Spring Day, Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Season |
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... Satan and a wicked world make against his peo- ple , and either defendeth them from their affaults altogether , or orders it fo , that they shall not be finally overcome by them ; therefore the flock need not fear , however feeble they ...
... Satan and a wicked world make against his peo- ple , and either defendeth them from their affaults altogether , or orders it fo , that they shall not be finally overcome by them ; therefore the flock need not fear , however feeble they ...
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... Satan raised there quickly evanish , and all the foul becomes clear and ferene . The joy which the believer expe- riences in fuch a feafon , who hath been long under the hidings of God's counte- hance , is only known to himself , and ...
... Satan raised there quickly evanish , and all the foul becomes clear and ferene . The joy which the believer expe- riences in fuch a feafon , who hath been long under the hidings of God's counte- hance , is only known to himself , and ...
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... Satan , who is compared to a roaring lion , that goeth about continually , feeking whom he may devour , 1 Pet . v . 8. ( and greatly doeth fo in the fad night of defer- tion ) is compelled by his cheering beams , to withdraw from the ...
... Satan , who is compared to a roaring lion , that goeth about continually , feeking whom he may devour , 1 Pet . v . 8. ( and greatly doeth fo in the fad night of defer- tion ) is compelled by his cheering beams , to withdraw from the ...
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... Satan come and catch it out : thus did the royal Pfal- mist ; " Thy word have I hid in mine heart , " faith he , that I might not fin againft " thee , " Pfal , cxix . II . From this ground which is now harrow- ed over , I behold large ...
... Satan come and catch it out : thus did the royal Pfal- mist ; " Thy word have I hid in mine heart , " faith he , that I might not fin againft " thee , " Pfal , cxix . II . From this ground which is now harrow- ed over , I behold large ...
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... Satan , else these worse than beafts of prey will foon destroy the crop of grace , and leave nothing against the har-- vest but a heap in the day of grief , and of defperate forrow , Ifa . xvii . 11 . But how must this field of the ...
... Satan , else these worse than beafts of prey will foon destroy the crop of grace , and leave nothing against the har-- vest but a heap in the day of grief , and of defperate forrow , Ifa . xvii . 11 . But how must this field of the ...
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Page 320 - But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Page 16 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 235 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
Page 330 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 104 - But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Page 320 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Page 155 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 135 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 63 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Page 46 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.