The saint's everlasting rest: or, A treatise on the blessed state of the saints, in their enjoyment of God in Heaven [abridged by B. Fawcett]. Also, A call to the unconverted, by R. Baxter. To which are added, A serious address to penitents, by J. Fletcher, also Alleine's Alarm (to unconverted sinners).1815 |
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... soul ; § 8 ( 4. ) The nearest enjoyment of God the chief good ; § 9-14 . ( 5. ) A sweet and constant action of all the powers of soul and body in this enjoyment of God ; as , for instance , bodily sense , know- ledge , memory , love ...
... soul ; § 8 ( 4. ) The nearest enjoyment of God the chief good ; § 9-14 . ( 5. ) A sweet and constant action of all the powers of soul and body in this enjoyment of God ; as , for instance , bodily sense , know- ledge , memory , love ...
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... soul . Were the glory ever so great , and themselves not made capable of it , by a personal per- fection suitable thereto , it would be little to them . Eye hath not seen , nor ear heard , neither have entered into the heart of man ...
... soul . Were the glory ever so great , and themselves not made capable of it , by a personal per- fection suitable thereto , it would be little to them . Eye hath not seen , nor ear heard , neither have entered into the heart of man ...
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... soul be taken up ! As its powers and capacities are greatest , so its actions are strongest , and its enjoyments sweetest . As the bodily senses have their proper actions , whereby they receive and enjoy their objects , so does the soul ...
... soul be taken up ! As its powers and capacities are greatest , so its actions are strongest , and its enjoyments sweetest . As the bodily senses have their proper actions , whereby they receive and enjoy their objects , so does the soul ...
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... soul's enjoying is in knowing . They that savour only of earth , and consult with flesh , think it a poor happiness to know God . " But we know that we are of God , and the whole world lieth in wickedness ; and we know that the Son of ...
... soul's enjoying is in knowing . They that savour only of earth , and consult with flesh , think it a poor happiness to know God . " But we know that we are of God , and the whole world lieth in wickedness ; and we know that the Son of ...
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... soul , is this the place thou comest so unwillingly to ? Was duty wearisome ? Was the world too good to lose ? Didst thou stick at leaving all , denying all , and suffering any thing , for this ? Wast thou loth to die , to come to this ...
... soul , is this the place thou comest so unwillingly to ? Was duty wearisome ? Was the world too good to lose ? Didst thou stick at leaving all , denying all , and suffering any thing , for this ? Wast thou loth to die , to come to this ...
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Page 19 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 363 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 203 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
Page 33 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 168 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?
Page 19 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true ; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 325 - And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation ; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Page 246 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Page 481 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 478 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.