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... brethren , for the society of persons with whom he had no acquaintance ; and the salubrious at- mosphere of his native uplands for swamps and miry roads , to which he had till now been a stran- ger ; and in addition to this , he had ...
... brethren , for the society of persons with whom he had no acquaintance ; and the salubrious at- mosphere of his native uplands for swamps and miry roads , to which he had till now been a stran- ger ; and in addition to this , he had ...
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... brethren and sisters . The wretched condition of sinners affected his heart ; and in his concern to bring them " to the knowledge of the truth , " " that they might be saved , " he almost forgot the painful privations connected with his ...
... brethren and sisters . The wretched condition of sinners affected his heart ; and in his concern to bring them " to the knowledge of the truth , " " that they might be saved , " he almost forgot the painful privations connected with his ...
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Willis Harris. my brethren , " said he , " my soul is happy ! glory ! honour ! praise ! and power ! " Then falling upon his knees , he made an awful appeal to the hearts and consciences of the people , and after praying fer- vently with ...
Willis Harris. my brethren , " said he , " my soul is happy ! glory ! honour ! praise ! and power ! " Then falling upon his knees , he made an awful appeal to the hearts and consciences of the people , and after praying fer- vently with ...
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... brethren and friends . " I am resolved to guard my words more than I have done , and to watch against all sin . And now , in the strength of the Lord alone , and not in my own ( for that is but weakness ) I consecrate all the powers and ...
... brethren and friends . " I am resolved to guard my words more than I have done , and to watch against all sin . And now , in the strength of the Lord alone , and not in my own ( for that is but weakness ) I consecrate all the powers and ...
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... brethren , for the time to come be more like your Lord and Master . Cut loose from the world , and live for heaven . " Though he was sometimes cast down , yet was he again favoured with many glorious manifestations , and he felt that ...
... brethren , for the time to come be more like your Lord and Master . Cut loose from the world , and live for heaven . " Though he was sometimes cast down , yet was he again favoured with many glorious manifestations , and he felt that ...
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Page 57 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 328 - Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Page 222 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Page 329 - Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Page 281 - Whose fault ? Whose but his own ? ingrate, he had of me All he could have : I made him just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. Such I created all th...
Page 333 - For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries : wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you : who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
Page 152 - IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Page 135 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Page 154 - And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins ; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience, among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind,; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Page 274 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.