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Page 65 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 10 - City, and holding a pure faith in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace...
Page 97 - God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 87 - Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest.
Page 133 - SEE how great a flame aspires, Kindled by a spark of grace ' Jesus' love the nations fires, Sets the kingdoms on a blaze. To bring fire on earth he came : Kindled in some hearts it is...
Page 97 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers ..of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings...
Page 104 - The voice at midnight came; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 97 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 131 - There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these societies, "a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins.
Page 49 - And the seventh angel sounded: and there were great voices in heaven, saying. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.