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Page 60
... never affected you ? Have you not gone back to those very fins for which reproofs have met you in public ordinances , and yet you have held them faft ? Has not duty been laid plainly before you , and you have found means to put it by ...
... never affected you ? Have you not gone back to those very fins for which reproofs have met you in public ordinances , and yet you have held them faft ? Has not duty been laid plainly before you , and you have found means to put it by ...
Page 61
... never been at ease till conscience has been filenced . You have run away from God , even with his arrows fticking in you , faying in oppofition , I will not . Laftly , Have you not often delayed complying with the call of God , and fet ...
... never been at ease till conscience has been filenced . You have run away from God , even with his arrows fticking in you , faying in oppofition , I will not . Laftly , Have you not often delayed complying with the call of God , and fet ...
Page 70
... never get it . Like the prodigal , Luke , xv . 16. " He would fain fill his belly with the husks that the fwine did eat , and no man gave unto him . " The man is like one in a mist : He sees something , and it appears a house ; he comes ...
... never get it . Like the prodigal , Luke , xv . 16. " He would fain fill his belly with the husks that the fwine did eat , and no man gave unto him . " The man is like one in a mist : He sees something , and it appears a house ; he comes ...
Page 71
... never thirst ; but the water I fhall give him , fhall be in him a well of water , fpringing up into everlasting life . " Hence , two things are evident . ( 1. ) That only the en- joyment of God can wean the foul , and the foul will never ...
... never thirst ; but the water I fhall give him , fhall be in him a well of water , fpringing up into everlasting life . " Hence , two things are evident . ( 1. ) That only the en- joyment of God can wean the foul , and the foul will never ...
Page 72
... never per- fectly weaned till death . As there is an uneafiness and fretfulness in new weaned children , till tho- roughly weaned , fo is there in the cafe of the chil- dren of God while here . Hence it is faid to them , Pfal . xlv . 10 ...
... never per- fectly weaned till death . As there is an uneafiness and fretfulness in new weaned children , till tho- roughly weaned , fo is there in the cafe of the chil- dren of God while here . Hence it is faid to them , Pfal . xlv . 10 ...
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Page 44 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 150 - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it they fell on their faces and they said, "The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
Page 147 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 128 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax: it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Page 55 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 78 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 53 - A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour ? and if I be a master, where is my fear ? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.
Page 149 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 174 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 79 - ... and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, " This is the way, walk ye in it," when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.