Life in God's Favour. A Seasonable Discourse in Death-threatening Times, Being the Substance of Several Sermons Upon Psalm.xxx.5, ... By Oliver Heywood, ...Printed and sold at Brearley Hall, near Halifax [by John Fawcett]; also may be had of Mr. Wills; and Mr. Button; Mr. Smith, Sheffield, and other country booksellers, 1796 - 263 pages |
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... soul , or than reft to the weary and fatigued traveller . " When that gracious Being , with whom is the fountain of life , fhews his reconciled face , the drooping soul revives , like the opening flowers at the rifing of the fun . How ...
... soul , or than reft to the weary and fatigued traveller . " When that gracious Being , with whom is the fountain of life , fhews his reconciled face , the drooping soul revives , like the opening flowers at the rifing of the fun . How ...
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... soul is filled with difquietude , distress and an- guish . When this is the cafe , the man is brought , in deep humiliation , to lament after an absent God , and to cry to him , with the Pfalmift , " Reftore unto me the joys of thy ...
... soul is filled with difquietude , distress and an- guish . When this is the cafe , the man is brought , in deep humiliation , to lament after an absent God , and to cry to him , with the Pfalmift , " Reftore unto me the joys of thy ...
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... Soul take thine eafe , -thou haft goods laid up for many years . " What were these goods to his foul ? There is no proportion between earthly goods and the cravings of the foul . But the favour of God , the enjoy- ment of infinite ...
... Soul take thine eafe , -thou haft goods laid up for many years . " What were these goods to his foul ? There is no proportion between earthly goods and the cravings of the foul . But the favour of God , the enjoy- ment of infinite ...
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... soul , Nor , careless , flumber on the brink of fate . " Midst constant warnings , calls and admonitions , Can I be unconcern'd ? At length mine eyes , Long held in mifts , blinded with vifions false , Begin to open on the scene before ...
... soul , Nor , careless , flumber on the brink of fate . " Midst constant warnings , calls and admonitions , Can I be unconcern'd ? At length mine eyes , Long held in mifts , blinded with vifions false , Begin to open on the scene before ...
Page 185
... soul shall take her flight above the fun , the moon , and the starry lamps of heaven , into the immediate prefence of my Sa- viour ! : Come love , come life , and that bleft day For which I languifh , come away ! ' But let me farther ...
... soul shall take her flight above the fun , the moon , and the starry lamps of heaven , into the immediate prefence of my Sa- viour ! : Come love , come life , and that bleft day For which I languifh , come away ! ' But let me farther ...
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Page 139 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Page 160 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 81 - I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 236 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 92 - Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Page 165 - O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Page 156 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee.
Page 50 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 164 - 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 58 - Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.