 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1790 - 422 pages
...if we will : and that Affiftance is exprefsly promifed to our Endeavours and our Prayers. Rrfft the Devil, and he 'will flee from you : draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you1. But to the ftrifteft Vigilance it muft be a powerful Incitement, to confider, how... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Philosophy - 1794 - 540 pages
...tempter, having tempted you, our labour be in vain." The Apostle James, likewise, says, " Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you." Even though it H 2 should * A*hdowne's Enquiry. should be demanded, how we are to... | |
 | William Ashdowne - Devil - 1794 - 90 pages
...humble. And then he very juftly exhorts them to fubmit themfelves to God, ie to his grace ; refift the Devil and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. If, by their refitting the Devil, the Apoftle means the fpirit of pride and envy... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1804 - 828 pages
...which we love moft, will inevitably produce in us grief of tnind. Be not then difcouraged. Relift die devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will yet draw nigh to you. Be refolved and perfevering. WrcIHe like Jacob. Give him no red till he return,... | |
 | Theophilus Browne - 1805 - 274 pages
...proud, but showeth favour to the humble." 1 Submit yourselves, therefore, . unto God : withstand the ' devil, and he will flee from you : draw nigh to God, and he will draw 8 nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners ! and purify your hearts 9 yedoubled-minded : be... | |
 | John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...Scripture; joi/Л, God resisteth the proud— And pride is the great root of all unkind affections. 8 devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you : cleanse your hands, ye 9 sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. Be afflicted,... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - Bible - 1814 - 184 pages
...imply free-agency and require activity in the creature ? Submit yourselves therefore to GOD, Resist the devil ; and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to GOD, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, yc sinners ; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted,... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...reproof; behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners; and purify your hearts ye double-minded. Be afflicted,... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1837 - 668 pages
...the Lord shall lift up a standard against him." It is written for your encouragement: " Resist the devil, and he will flee from you;" "draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you." SIX QUESTIONS FOR A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. Do I, as a teacher of the young, feel... | |
 | Joseph Milner, Rev. Isaac Milner - Sermons - 1821 - 480 pages
...overcome them." The text gives us a very weighty exhortation, formed upon this doctrine. " Resist the devil, and . he will flee from you : draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you." It may be conceived as addressed to the converted, or to the unconverted. For as... | |
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Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. 
