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Page 36
... repentance and reformation . Could I once convince my countrymen , that there is something in this propo- sal , I should begin to entertain some hopes of a speedy deliver- ance . But , alas ! while it is disregarded , as a chimerical ...
... repentance and reformation . Could I once convince my countrymen , that there is something in this propo- sal , I should begin to entertain some hopes of a speedy deliver- ance . But , alas ! while it is disregarded , as a chimerical ...
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... repentance , brought his heavy vengeance upon them , and he determined to destroy a people that would not be amended by chastisement . Here also I leave you to judge , whether we and our nation be not in danger from the same quarter ...
... repentance , brought his heavy vengeance upon them , and he determined to destroy a people that would not be amended by chastisement . Here also I leave you to judge , whether we and our nation be not in danger from the same quarter ...
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... repentance be in some measure as signal and public as their sin . Thus far we look : but , unless we look farther , we do not go to the bottom of things . As all our measures are not likely to be successful without a re- formation ; so ...
... repentance be in some measure as signal and public as their sin . Thus far we look : but , unless we look farther , we do not go to the bottom of things . As all our measures are not likely to be successful without a re- formation ; so ...
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... repentance , what a happy revo- lution followed ! The scattered captives were collected ; they re- stored their ruined church and state , and again became a free and flourishing people . And what happened to them will also happen to us ...
... repentance , what a happy revo- lution followed ! The scattered captives were collected ; they re- stored their ruined church and state , and again became a free and flourishing people . And what happened to them will also happen to us ...
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... repentance , and every grace , is the free gift of God , wrought by the holy Spirit . In short , not one soul , much less a whole nation , can be effectually reformed without the power of God . If even a well - disposed Lydia gave a ...
... repentance , and every grace , is the free gift of God , wrought by the holy Spirit . In short , not one soul , much less a whole nation , can be effectually reformed without the power of God . If even a well - disposed Lydia gave a ...
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Page 33 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God. That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 188 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Page 339 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive...
Page 133 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing ; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Page 9 - And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth ; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 240 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 32 - Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Page 79 - The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage ; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and it shall fall and not rise again.
Page 43 - And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places, when it shall hail, coming down on the forest ; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Page 42 - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.