Correction, instruction: or, The rod and the word1802 |
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... turns his back upon him with scorn and contempt , and thinks himself too good to give his poor neighbour a soft and peaceable answer . Pride is a humour which naturally runs in our veins , and it is nourished by ease and prosperity ...
... turns his back upon him with scorn and contempt , and thinks himself too good to give his poor neighbour a soft and peaceable answer . Pride is a humour which naturally runs in our veins , and it is nourished by ease and prosperity ...
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... turning in upon ourselves , and bringing back to heart our doings , which have not been good in God's sight : thus David under the rod could call himself to account ; I thought on my ways , and turned my feet unto thy testi- monies . 6 ...
... turning in upon ourselves , and bringing back to heart our doings , which have not been good in God's sight : thus David under the rod could call himself to account ; I thought on my ways , and turned my feet unto thy testi- monies . 6 ...
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... turn in the hour of temp- tation ; then you will call to mind your short , slight , cold , dead , sleepy , formal devotions in your families and closets , and be ashamed of them : Then you will see need of praying over all your prayers ...
... turn in the hour of temp- tation ; then you will call to mind your short , slight , cold , dead , sleepy , formal devotions in your families and closets , and be ashamed of them : Then you will see need of praying over all your prayers ...
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... turn for the present , and quiet their hearts , that they may follow their pleasures and profits with the less regret ; and therefore to save themselves a labour , they take that for evidence which the sluggish carnal heart wisheth were ...
... turn for the present , and quiet their hearts , that they may follow their pleasures and profits with the less regret ; and therefore to save themselves a labour , they take that for evidence which the sluggish carnal heart wisheth were ...
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... turn when I come to die ? ' - O christians ! let us be afraid to lie down with that evidence in our beds , wherewith we dare not lie down in our graves . 9. In the time of our trouble God causeth us to see WHAT AN EVIL AND BITTER THING ...
... turn when I come to die ? ' - O christians ! let us be afraid to lie down with that evidence in our beds , wherewith we dare not lie down in our graves . 9. In the time of our trouble God causeth us to see WHAT AN EVIL AND BITTER THING ...
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Popular passages
Page 34 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee : because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever : for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...
Page 69 - I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you and for them at Laodicea and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Page 36 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 22 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 29 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 106 - How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever : how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Page 54 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 46 - It is a faithful saying : For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him...
Page 50 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 48 - Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.