Rose and Crown lane: or, A sketch of my neighbourhood |
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Page 131 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 25 - Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 'not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Page 137 - He has never said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain.
Page 85 - Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Page 129 - Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 93 I will never forget thy precepts- for with them thou hast quickened me.
Page 139 - Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Page 94 - Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Page 72 - The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Page 110 - For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Page 37 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place : The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...