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... fruits , They shall bring forth fruit in old age , they shall be fat and flourishing , " Psal . xcii . 14 . 46 Reflections . - 1 . How hard have I labored for the meat that perisheth ! prevented the dawning of the day , and la- bored as ...
... fruits , They shall bring forth fruit in old age , they shall be fat and flourishing , " Psal . xcii . 14 . 46 Reflections . - 1 . How hard have I labored for the meat that perisheth ! prevented the dawning of the day , and la- bored as ...
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... fruits of godliness are only to be found ? If the fruits lie upon the surface of duty , or could be had with wishes , I should not want them ; but to dig deep and take pains I cannot . My desires , like those of the slothful man , kill ...
... fruits of godliness are only to be found ? If the fruits lie upon the surface of duty , or could be had with wishes , I should not want them ; but to dig deep and take pains I cannot . My desires , like those of the slothful man , kill ...
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... fruits ? No , there are doubtless incomparable pleasures to be found therein ; but such a carnal heart as mine savors them not . I cannot say , the hypocrite may tell us , but I have found delight in religious duties , but they have ...
... fruits ? No , there are doubtless incomparable pleasures to be found therein ; but such a carnal heart as mine savors them not . I cannot say , the hypocrite may tell us , but I have found delight in religious duties , but they have ...
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... fruit ; and therefore reason tells them , that such a state and temperament of it , as best fits it for fruit , is best both for it and them . Application . - And does not spiritual experience teach Christians , that a mediocrity and ...
... fruit ; and therefore reason tells them , that such a state and temperament of it , as best fits it for fruit , is best both for it and them . Application . - And does not spiritual experience teach Christians , that a mediocrity and ...
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... fruit and service , and therefore doubtless he will revive thee again . 3. Yea , dost thou not think that he sees thine inability to bear such a condition long ? He knows " thy spirit would fail before him , and the soul which he hath ...
... fruit and service , and therefore doubtless he will revive thee again . 3. Yea , dost thou not think that he sees thine inability to bear such a condition long ? He knows " thy spirit would fail before him , and the soul which he hath ...
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Page 58 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: Thou greatly enrichest it With the river of God, which is full of water : Thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 59 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 59 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 135 - They take the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.
Page 123 - The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Page 88 - As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Page 265 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 87 - Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of Man...
Page 87 - Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Page 40 - But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost : in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them : together with ver.