The Sermons, and Other Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Ralph Erskine ...: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty Sermons, Besides His Poetical Pieces ... To which is Prefixed, an Account of the Author's Life and Writings, with an Elegiac Poem, and Large Contents ...W. Smith, 1777 |
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... fhould decorate his name , And brilliant ftrokes aloud extol his fame . SCOTIA ! what ground haft thou to drop a tear ? Thou haft not loft a fmall , but first - rate feer ! A feer whofe eyes could view celestial bliss , And search the ...
... fhould decorate his name , And brilliant ftrokes aloud extol his fame . SCOTIA ! what ground haft thou to drop a tear ? Thou haft not loft a fmall , but first - rate feer ! A feer whofe eyes could view celestial bliss , And search the ...
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... fhould we Adore and ferve our God ? And if we would thofe bleffings fhare , Which makes the faints rejoice ; All vice abstain , all virtue love , And make this God our choice . Let us for ever bless the name Of this exalted King , That ...
... fhould we Adore and ferve our God ? And if we would thofe bleffings fhare , Which makes the faints rejoice ; All vice abstain , all virtue love , And make this God our choice . Let us for ever bless the name Of this exalted King , That ...
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... fhould an emperor become a fly , it would not be fuch a humiliation . O ! how fadly was the world mistaken about Chrift , that took him to be a base fellow , a pitiful fellow ! but little did they know that he was God's Fellow . O ! how ...
... fhould an emperor become a fly , it would not be fuch a humiliation . O ! how fadly was the world mistaken about Chrift , that took him to be a base fellow , a pitiful fellow ! but little did they know that he was God's Fellow . O ! how ...
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... fhould be God's Fellow ; ( 1. ) In regard of merit : his obedience to the death could not be fufficient to fatisfy the law and the Law- giver ; to be a full ranfom , and a full price of re- demption , if it had not been truly and ...
... fhould be God's Fellow ; ( 1. ) In regard of merit : his obedience to the death could not be fufficient to fatisfy the law and the Law- giver ; to be a full ranfom , and a full price of re- demption , if it had not been truly and ...
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... fhould be with God at the making of it , and know the depths of God's counfel in it , and perfectly know for whom he was to fatisfy , and upon what con- dition . Now , this covenant being as antient as eter- nity ; and feeing God fhould ...
... fhould be with God at the making of it , and know the depths of God's counfel in it , and perfectly know for whom he was to fatisfy , and upon what con- dition . Now , this covenant being as antient as eter- nity ; and feeing God fhould ...
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Page 450 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Page 381 - This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? "Are ye so foolish?
Page 154 - And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Page 452 - For I was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Page 247 - I am the Lord; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Page 251 - Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary...
Page 298 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 356 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 159 - Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them,
Page 479 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.