A short exposition of the Order for the burial of the dead, by an old college incumbentLondon; Thames Ditton [printed], 1836 - 88 pages |
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... Psalm xlix . 17 . It is the truest wisdom to accustom our minds to such reflections as these , for we brought nothing into the world along with us , but were thrown naked upon the indulgent provision which our gracious Creator has been ...
... Psalm xlix . 17 . It is the truest wisdom to accustom our minds to such reflections as these , for we brought nothing into the world along with us , but were thrown naked upon the indulgent provision which our gracious Creator has been ...
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... Psalms following . Dixi , Custodiam . Psalm xxxix . Bishop Horsley says , ' It is a peniten- tial meditation on the vanity of the pre- sent life ; it seems not to be appropriated to any particular person . ' I have chosen to prefix ...
... Psalms following . Dixi , Custodiam . Psalm xxxix . Bishop Horsley says , ' It is a peniten- tial meditation on the vanity of the pre- sent life ; it seems not to be appropriated to any particular person . ' I have chosen to prefix ...
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... Psalm is , with the utmost propriety , appointed by the church to be used at the burial of the dead , as a funeral is indeed the best comment upon it . ] 1. " I said , I will take heed to my ways , that I sin not with my tongue ; I will ...
... Psalm is , with the utmost propriety , appointed by the church to be used at the burial of the dead , as a funeral is indeed the best comment upon it . ] 1. " I said , I will take heed to my ways , that I sin not with my tongue ; I will ...
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... Psalms , as one of the bitter ingredients in his own cup . 9. " I was dumb , I opened not my mouth ; be- cause thou didst it . " Whatever materials compose the rod of affliction , and from whatsoever quarter the stroke cometh , let us ...
... Psalms , as one of the bitter ingredients in his own cup . 9. " I was dumb , I opened not my mouth ; be- cause thou didst it . " Whatever materials compose the rod of affliction , and from whatsoever quarter the stroke cometh , let us ...
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... PSALM XC . Bishop Horsley considers this as ' The prayer of Moses the man of God , occasioned , probably , by God's sentence against the murmuring Israelites ; ' but as before , I select Horne , his Argument and Commentary . · [ This Psalm ...
... PSALM XC . Bishop Horsley considers this as ' The prayer of Moses the man of God , occasioned , probably , by God's sentence against the murmuring Israelites ; ' but as before , I select Horne , his Argument and Commentary . · [ This Psalm ...
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Page 38 - Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Page 57 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 55 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 46 - Else what shall they do, which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? why are they then baptized for the dead ? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
Page 45 - For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order : Christ the firstfruits ; afterward they that are Christ's at His coming. Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 69 - Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity...
Page 34 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Page 17 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
Page 47 - But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die : and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain : but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 57 - For all flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.