The heart: its meditations and exercises, comprising Private prayers, tr. from the Greek devotions of bishop Andrews; by G. Stanhope, also, an intr., notes, and suppl. by J. Macardy |
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... hope . Through what a vista of ages has it stayed , and cheered , and fortified , the injured and oppressed ; and in every generation to come it will prove a balm for the wounded and disconso- late : - " Fret not thyself because of evil ...
... hope . Through what a vista of ages has it stayed , and cheered , and fortified , the injured and oppressed ; and in every generation to come it will prove a balm for the wounded and disconso- late : - " Fret not thyself because of evil ...
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... Hope is gone ! Sin cannot be now forgiven - the compassion of a Saviour never more will reach them ! -Pike . 6. VALUE OF THE SOUL . The art of spiritual computation is not governed by the same principles and rules which guide our specu ...
... Hope is gone ! Sin cannot be now forgiven - the compassion of a Saviour never more will reach them ! -Pike . 6. VALUE OF THE SOUL . The art of spiritual computation is not governed by the same principles and rules which guide our specu ...
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... hope ? 8 . Truly my hope is only in thee . O let the multitude of thy mercies triumph over the multitude of my sins . Remember , I beseech thee , what thy servant is : I am thy creature ; Psalms Despise not , then , the work of thine ...
... hope ? 8 . Truly my hope is only in thee . O let the multitude of thy mercies triumph over the multitude of my sins . Remember , I beseech thee , what thy servant is : I am thy creature ; Psalms Despise not , then , the work of thine ...
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... hope when at my mother's breasts , And by whose providence I have been sustained ever since I was born : Be thou still , and evermore , cxlii . 6. My hope and portion in the land of the living . Confirm my mind more and more , By the ...
... hope when at my mother's breasts , And by whose providence I have been sustained ever since I was born : Be thou still , and evermore , cxlii . 6. My hope and portion in the land of the living . Confirm my mind more and more , By the ...
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... hope and pray thou wilt at length bring me . O thou , who acceptest the intercessions Which thy servants offer up for each other , Remember , I entreat thee , for good , As well all those who recommend me in their prayers , As those ...
... hope and pray thou wilt at length bring me . O thou , who acceptest the intercessions Which thy servants offer up for each other , Remember , I entreat thee , for good , As well all those who recommend me in their prayers , As those ...
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account of thy ACT OF CONFESSION ACT OF FAITH ACT OF INTERCESSION ACT OF PRAISE adore Amen apostles behold believe beseech thee BISHOP ANDREWS Blessed art thou blood body children of men Christian church comfort cxix Dean of Canterbury death deliver didst divine dwell earth eternal evermore evil eyes Father favour forgive give godly Gospel gracious Grant hath hear heart heaven heavenly Holy Ghost Holy Spirit honour Horne iniquities Jesus Christ labours Lamb Lamb of God Let thy light live Luke Matt MEDITATIONS meekness miracle morning night peace pray thee PRAYER FOR GRACE preserve Psalms rection Redeemer religion remember repentance resurrection righteous saints salvation Saviour Scripture shew sinners sins soul thine thou art thou hast thy commandments thy hands thy holy thy Majesty thy mercy thy name thy servant thy sight thy truth thy word transgressions trust in thee unto thee Voltaire wicked wickedness
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Page xxviii - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page xi - For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. 18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Page x - For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Page xxxiv - Kings of the earth, and all people ; Princes, and all judges of the earth : Both young men, and maidens ; Old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the LORD: For his name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 78 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Page 44 - Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God : let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness. 11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Name's sake : and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
Page 60 - Lord bless us, and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us, and give us peace, now and for evermore.
Page ix - ... the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all other books that were ever composed in any age, or in any idiom.
Page 72 - Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Page 107 - Sanctify, we beseech thee, this thy fatherly correction to him; that the sense of his weakness may add strength to his faith, and seriousness to his repentance : that, if it shall be thy good pleasure to restore him to his former health, he may lead the residue of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory : or else give him grace so to take thy visitation, that, after this painful life is ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord.