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... grace here , and will , if they be faithful unto death , crown their heads with glory . Such was the ministerial office of the holy preacher described in the text ; and to all those that have taken , and shall take upon them the office ...
... grace here , and will , if they be faithful unto death , crown their heads with glory . Such was the ministerial office of the holy preacher described in the text ; and to all those that have taken , and shall take upon them the office ...
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... grace , which through his signal mercy we enjoy , to send the instruc- tions we hear in this place with our outward ears , effectually home to our hearts , that so we may be no longer forgetful hearers , but faithful doers of his word ...
... grace , which through his signal mercy we enjoy , to send the instruc- tions we hear in this place with our outward ears , effectually home to our hearts , that so we may be no longer forgetful hearers , but faithful doers of his word ...
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... grace . To them the Lord speaks comfortably by the mouth of the evange- lical prophet : " To this man will I look , even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit , and trembleth at my word . " But how should the Saviour's call to ...
... grace . To them the Lord speaks comfortably by the mouth of the evange- lical prophet : " To this man will I look , even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit , and trembleth at my word . " But how should the Saviour's call to ...
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... grace of the gospel . Hu- mility and simplicity of heart are the good ground which only requires the divine grace to shine upon it , in order to bring forth abundantly . No sooner do the beams of the Sun of Righteousness warm 41.
... grace of the gospel . Hu- mility and simplicity of heart are the good ground which only requires the divine grace to shine upon it , in order to bring forth abundantly . No sooner do the beams of the Sun of Righteousness warm 41.
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... grace and truth , let us dread to receive this grace in vain . But in vain we shall receive it , if we are not led by it to a conversation becoming the gospel of Christ . If we bless God for the great luminary in the firmament of heaven ...
... grace and truth , let us dread to receive this grace in vain . But in vain we shall receive it , if we are not led by it to a conversation becoming the gospel of Christ . If we bless God for the great luminary in the firmament of heaven ...
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Page 92 - When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page xxv - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 323 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Page xxxvi - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 223 - BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 339 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will 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 the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page xxviii - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ ; and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Page xxiv - Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 272 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 38 - ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of Thy laws, and in the works of Thy commandments...