The Whole Works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel ...A. Weir & A. M'Lean, 1770 |
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... present advan- tage Christians have by their diligence ? I anfwer , as much and more than the husbandman hath from all his toils , and labours . Let us compare the particulars , and see what the hus- bandman gets that the chriftian gets ...
... present advan- tage Christians have by their diligence ? I anfwer , as much and more than the husbandman hath from all his toils , and labours . Let us compare the particulars , and see what the hus- bandman gets that the chriftian gets ...
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... present things charm pow'rfully ; Whate'er thou offer'ft , they'll defpife , I hold them pris'ners by their eyes . CHRIST . If they will ferve no other Lord , Then let it ftand upon record , Against their fouls , that they refus'd My ...
... present things charm pow'rfully ; Whate'er thou offer'ft , they'll defpife , I hold them pris'ners by their eyes . CHRIST . If they will ferve no other Lord , Then let it ftand upon record , Against their fouls , that they refus'd My ...
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... present ufe and office ; for as to its existence , so the belly shall not be destroyed . But even as the mafts , poop and ftern of a ship abide in the harbour , after the voyage is ended , fo fhall thefe bodily members , as Tertullian ...
... present ufe and office ; for as to its existence , so the belly shall not be destroyed . But even as the mafts , poop and ftern of a ship abide in the harbour , after the voyage is ended , fo fhall thefe bodily members , as Tertullian ...
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... present fimilitude ) do the expectations and hopes of a bleffed harvest and reward in heaven . This made Abraham willing to wander up and down many years as a stranger in the world ; for he looked for a city that hath foundations ...
... present fimilitude ) do the expectations and hopes of a bleffed harvest and reward in heaven . This made Abraham willing to wander up and down many years as a stranger in the world ; for he looked for a city that hath foundations ...
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... present moment as well as I can for you . O Chriftians ! you need not stand idle ; look round about you upon the multitude of forlorn finners ; speak now to them for God ; fpeak now to God for them ; for fhortly you fhall fo fpeak no ...
... present moment as well as I can for you . O Chriftians ! you need not stand idle ; look round about you upon the multitude of forlorn finners ; speak now to them for God ; fpeak now to God for them ; for fhortly you fhall fo fpeak no ...
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Page 19 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 107 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 449 - Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink ; ye clothe you, but there is none warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Page 40 - Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD : for great is the glory of the LORD.
Page 23 - And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Page 373 - 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 450 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Page 393 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Page 74 - Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Page 425 - For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.