The Writings of the Late John M. Mason, D.D.: Consisting of Sermons, Essays, and Miscellanies, Including Essays Already Published in the "Christian Magazine".The editor, 1832 - Theology |
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... peace and bless- edness . Her boasting is not vain . The course of experiment has lasted through more than fifty generations of men . It is passing every hour before our eyes ; and , for reasons to be after- wards assigned , has never ...
... peace and bless- edness . Her boasting is not vain . The course of experiment has lasted through more than fifty generations of men . It is passing every hour before our eyes ; and , for reasons to be after- wards assigned , has never ...
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... peace : the invisible spell , which turns the draught of pleasure into wormwood and gall . To laugh at it as an ima- ginary evil , is the mark of a fool for what can be more rational than to tremble at the displea- sure of an almighty ...
... peace : the invisible spell , which turns the draught of pleasure into wormwood and gall . To laugh at it as an ima- ginary evil , is the mark of a fool for what can be more rational than to tremble at the displea- sure of an almighty ...
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... peace to me as a river , and the glory of re- demption like a flowing stream . My worst fears are dispelled : the wrath to come is not for me ; I can look with composure at futurity , and feel joy springing up with the thought that I am ...
... peace to me as a river , and the glory of re- demption like a flowing stream . My worst fears are dispelled : the wrath to come is not for me ; I can look with composure at futurity , and feel joy springing up with the thought that I am ...
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... peace , his hope of glory . Amazing transition ! But is not the cause equal to the effect ? Hath not the potter power over the clay ? Shall God draw , and the lame not run ? Shall God speak , and the deaf not hear ? Shall God breathe ...
... peace , his hope of glory . Amazing transition ! But is not the cause equal to the effect ? Hath not the potter power over the clay ? Shall God draw , and the lame not run ? Shall God speak , and the deaf not hear ? Shall God breathe ...
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... peace in the promise ; and none can con- ceive its influence but they who have witnessed it . For proofs you must not go to the statesman , the traveler , or the historian . You must not go to the gay profession , or the splendid ...
... peace in the promise ; and none can con- ceive its influence but they who have witnessed it . For proofs you must not go to the statesman , the traveler , or the historian . You must not go to the gay profession , or the splendid ...
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Page 22 - His counsel, confirmed it by an oath ; "that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the Hope set before us...
Page 307 - He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe in that day.
Page 33 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 345 - I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 109 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had 247 swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Page 129 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 210 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds ; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him : where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free : but Christ is all, and in all.
Page xiv - And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 131 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 115 - And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.