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... ignorance , and frailty , and heed- less passion , and the very nothingness of the present state , to an elevation " hard by the throne of God ; " - to the intellectual stature of angelic minds ; -to seraphic purity ; -to the vision of ...
... ignorance , and frailty , and heed- less passion , and the very nothingness of the present state , to an elevation " hard by the throne of God ; " - to the intellectual stature of angelic minds ; -to seraphic purity ; -to the vision of ...
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... ignorance or our weakness . By a living faith in the immensity of that power which we behold in God , we escape from the habitual sense of our own littleness , and take refuge from ourselves and the world in the all- sufficiency of the ...
... ignorance or our weakness . By a living faith in the immensity of that power which we behold in God , we escape from the habitual sense of our own littleness , and take refuge from ourselves and the world in the all- sufficiency of the ...
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... ignorance . Many circumstances may occur , in the complicated interests of life , affecting ourselves , our friends , the Church of Christ , or the family of man , which we cannot decypher . But in every such case , we shall abstain ...
... ignorance . Many circumstances may occur , in the complicated interests of life , affecting ourselves , our friends , the Church of Christ , or the family of man , which we cannot decypher . But in every such case , we shall abstain ...
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... ignorant presumption , to expect that we could follow the footsteps of the Eternal , when his way is in the deep . It is enough for us to know , that " The everlasting God , the Lord , the Creator of the ends of the earth , L fainteth ...
... ignorant presumption , to expect that we could follow the footsteps of the Eternal , when his way is in the deep . It is enough for us to know , that " The everlasting God , the Lord , the Creator of the ends of the earth , L fainteth ...
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... ignorance or our impatience might have suggested , that it was natural , it was reasonable , that they who accept the proffered grace , who are re- conciled to God through Jesus Christ , —that they , should be put into a state of ...
... ignorance or our impatience might have suggested , that it was natural , it was reasonable , that they who accept the proffered grace , who are re- conciled to God through Jesus Christ , —that they , should be put into a state of ...
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Page 65 - the sea, in perils among false brethren. In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things which are without, that which cometh on me daily, the care of all the Churches!
Page 40 - and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly-kindness ; and to brotherly-kindness, charity. He that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Page 41 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy! When I fall, I shall arise ! When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me !
Page 9 - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him; for He knoweth our frame, He remembereth we are
Page 13 - Therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe!
Page 1 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known !
Page 41 - was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept Thy word. It was good for me that I
Page 78 - But now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh, by the blood of Christ.
Page 15 - under which human life has ever been considered, the most reasonable, in my judgement, is that which regards it as a state of probation. Many things in it suit with this hypothesis, which suit with no other. It is not a state of unmixed happiness, or of happiness simply; —it is not a state of
Page 3 - To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan!— The tender, for another's pain, Th