The Works of the Learned and Reverend John Scott, D.D., Sometime Rector of St. Giles's in the Fields, Volume 4Clarendon Press, 1826 |
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... present world , Titus ii . 11 , 12. And St. John telleth us , that for this purpose the Son of God was manifested , that he might destroy the works of the Devil , 1 John iii . 8 . This was the errand of the Son of God into the world ...
... present world , Titus ii . 11 , 12. And St. John telleth us , that for this purpose the Son of God was manifested , that he might destroy the works of the Devil , 1 John iii . 8 . This was the errand of the Son of God into the world ...
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... present , and are not alarmed with fear at the approach of them , nor vexed with despair in the presence of them , nor wracked with fruitless cares of removing them ; to all which inconveniencies our reason exposeth us . So that were it ...
... present , and are not alarmed with fear at the approach of them , nor vexed with despair in the presence of them , nor wracked with fruitless cares of removing them ; to all which inconveniencies our reason exposeth us . So that were it ...
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... present life are not worthy to be compared with the joys that shall be revealed , Rom . viii . 18. And thus you see what incomparable armour the Christian re- ligion is , both against sin and misery . But yet we must not think it will ...
... present life are not worthy to be compared with the joys that shall be revealed , Rom . viii . 18. And thus you see what incomparable armour the Christian re- ligion is , both against sin and misery . But yet we must not think it will ...
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... present , the French king may allow his Huguenots what li- berty he pleases , and his holiness is fain to sit still and be silent , being kept in awe by that puissant monarch , whose cannon - bullets are grown too strong for his ...
... present , the French king may allow his Huguenots what li- berty he pleases , and his holiness is fain to sit still and be silent , being kept in awe by that puissant monarch , whose cannon - bullets are grown too strong for his ...
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... present relief from our reason , having all along disused ourselves to con- sult and advise with it ; and so every alarm of danger from without will presently raise a tumult within , and put the whole soul into an uproar ; in which the ...
... present relief from our reason , having all along disused ourselves to con- sult and advise with it ; and so every alarm of danger from without will presently raise a tumult within , and put the whole soul into an uproar ; in which the ...
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Page 368 - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 183 - 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 158 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Page 368 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 252 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 194 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
Page 265 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 253 - I WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever : with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Page 465 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...
Page 39 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...