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... comfort with which it is surrounded . And since the mind , oppressed with care , will very soon become fatigued with simple argumentative disquisitions , in which , oftentimes , it can scarcely feel an interest ; it is devoutly to be ...
... comfort with which it is surrounded . And since the mind , oppressed with care , will very soon become fatigued with simple argumentative disquisitions , in which , oftentimes , it can scarcely feel an interest ; it is devoutly to be ...
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... comfort him . If , then , we can be interested by the tale of human wo , if we can be animated with the liveliest sympathy towards those whose distress results simply from present and bodily privation ; can we refuse to drop the tear of ...
... comfort him . If , then , we can be interested by the tale of human wo , if we can be animated with the liveliest sympathy towards those whose distress results simply from present and bodily privation ; can we refuse to drop the tear of ...
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... as to administer to the comfort and improvement of such as are called to mourn for those who are translated from earth to heaven ; if he may have the happiness to smooth the thorny pillow , to still the troubled PREFACE . vii.
... as to administer to the comfort and improvement of such as are called to mourn for those who are translated from earth to heaven ; if he may have the happiness to smooth the thorny pillow , to still the troubled PREFACE . vii.
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... comfort . That those heart - broken mourners into whose hands this little Treatise shall fall , may share in the consolations of the Spirit of Grace , prays , with sincerest desire , 1 Their obedient Servant , THE AUTHOR . Farnham ...
... comfort . That those heart - broken mourners into whose hands this little Treatise shall fall , may share in the consolations of the Spirit of Grace , prays , with sincerest desire , 1 Their obedient Servant , THE AUTHOR . Farnham ...
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... comfort . One short month has witnessed the dissipation of his prospects , which he had lengthened out to an almost indefinite period . He has been called to mourn his folly and his loss , and has been left alone on this wilderness ...
... comfort . One short month has witnessed the dissipation of his prospects , which he had lengthened out to an almost indefinite period . He has been called to mourn his folly and his loss , and has been left alone on this wilderness ...
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Page 176 - Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, "The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
Page 234 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 195 - We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Page 156 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Page 202 - Abraham's bosom : the rich man also died, and was buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame.
Page 161 - For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Page 205 - Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
Page 117 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 222 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty : For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: He woundeth, and his hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Page 61 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.