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... prophets all have trod the same path of patience 127 6. The advantage of patience illustrated from our being born to labour and trouble .129 7. That Christians , who wage a perpetual war against the devil , have a peculiar occasion for ...
... prophets all have trod the same path of patience 127 6. The advantage of patience illustrated from our being born to labour and trouble .129 7. That Christians , who wage a perpetual war against the devil , have a peculiar occasion for ...
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... prophets ; with an innu- merable multitude of holy martyrs , who , agreeably to the commands of Christ , have wrought their several works of righteousness , and are honoured with their crowns of victory . To this delightful society 25.
... prophets ; with an innu- merable multitude of holy martyrs , who , agreeably to the commands of Christ , have wrought their several works of righteousness , and are honoured with their crowns of victory . To this delightful society 25.
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... prophets , being full of the Holy Ghost , denounce his wrath in the following terms : " Ye looked for much , and , lo , it came to little ; and when ye brought it home , I did blow upon it . Why ? saith Because of mine house the Lord of ...
... prophets , being full of the Holy Ghost , denounce his wrath in the following terms : " Ye looked for much , and , lo , it came to little ; and when ye brought it home , I did blow upon it . Why ? saith Because of mine house the Lord of ...
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... prophet hath repeated these menaces , and said , " And also I have withholden the rain from you , when there were yet three months to the harvest and I caused it to rain upon one city , and caused it not to rain upon another city : one ...
... prophet hath repeated these menaces , and said , " And also I have withholden the rain from you , when there were yet three months to the harvest and I caused it to rain upon one city , and caused it not to rain upon another city : one ...
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... will ever mitigate ; where God will not hear you , because you will not now hear him , who by the voice of his prophet hath called to you , and said , " Hear the word of the Lord , ye children of Israel ; for the Lord hath a controversy 81.
... will ever mitigate ; where God will not hear you , because you will not now hear him , who by the voice of his prophet hath called to you , and said , " Hear the word of the Lord , ye children of Israel ; for the Lord hath a controversy 81.
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Page 142 - Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Page 159 - Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Page 72 - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Page 159 - I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
Page 141 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Page 79 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Page 179 - God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments ; we have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments : neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Page 92 - 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 102 - But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content.
Page 87 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.