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... dark retinue of wants and pains . This was a heavy sentence , to be excluded from that favour which is better than life , from that smile which gladdens creation , -to bear about with us a weight of sorrows , along the dreary 11.
... dark retinue of wants and pains . This was a heavy sentence , to be excluded from that favour which is better than life , from that smile which gladdens creation , -to bear about with us a weight of sorrows , along the dreary 11.
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Thomas Erskine. with us a weight of sorrows , along the dreary path of our sickly existence , and then to have our connection with all things to which we may have attached ourselves , as green spots in the desert , broken off by an ...
Thomas Erskine. with us a weight of sorrows , along the dreary path of our sickly existence , and then to have our connection with all things to which we may have attached ourselves , as green spots in the desert , broken off by an ...
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Thomas Erskine. of a deliverance , I can distinguish between › myself and my sorrow . But it is a terrific discovery to make , that I am myself my own misery . I had hoped that the source of the evil was somewhere else , and I re ...
Thomas Erskine. of a deliverance , I can distinguish between › myself and my sorrow . But it is a terrific discovery to make , that I am myself my own misery . I had hoped that the source of the evil was somewhere else , and I re ...
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... or extravagant promiser , if , when I ' lay before her the proof of his being in perfect health , I make the declaration be- fore hand , that if she believes my news , " she will be saved from her sorrow , and that 18.
... or extravagant promiser , if , when I ' lay before her the proof of his being in perfect health , I make the declaration be- fore hand , that if she believes my news , " she will be saved from her sorrow , and that 18.
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... sorrow . Her faith does not restore her son to life- he is alive whether she believes it or not- but his life is no joy to her , unless she be- lieves it . Without faith in my story , she could not be saved from her distress . Take ...
... sorrow . Her faith does not restore her son to life- he is alive whether she believes it or not- but his life is no joy to her , unless she be- lieves it . Without faith in my story , she could not be saved from her distress . Take ...
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Page 223 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God ; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man; but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust and enticed. Then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 148 - Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Page 144 - He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
Page 55 - O Lord, I will praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Page 152 - Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience...
Page 172 - And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
Page 166 - Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins : And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Page 145 - If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Page 152 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your consciences from dead works to serve the living God.
Page 20 - For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have life everlasting.