The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...T. Hamilton and J. Smith, 1821 |
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Page 67
... Christ ; to aim at a life of self - denial ; to renounce self - will , and to guard against self - wis- dom . The less we have to do with the world the better ; and even in conversing with our brethren we have been , and unless we watch ...
... Christ ; to aim at a life of self - denial ; to renounce self - will , and to guard against self - wis- dom . The less we have to do with the world the better ; and even in conversing with our brethren we have been , and unless we watch ...
Page 69
... Christ ; for even Christ pleased not himself . How did he bear with the mistakes , weakness , intemperate zeal , and imprudent proposals , of his disciples while on earth ; and how does he bear with the same things from you and me , and ...
... Christ ; for even Christ pleased not himself . How did he bear with the mistakes , weakness , intemperate zeal , and imprudent proposals , of his disciples while on earth ; and how does he bear with the same things from you and me , and ...
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... Christ my Lord , Is food and med'cine , shield and sword . Take that for your motto ; wear it in your heart ; keep it in your eye ; have it often in your mouth , till you can find something better . The cross of Christ is the tree of ...
... Christ my Lord , Is food and med'cine , shield and sword . Take that for your motto ; wear it in your heart ; keep it in your eye ; have it often in your mouth , till you can find something better . The cross of Christ is the tree of ...
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... Christ's , and Christ is God's . O glorious privilege ! pre- cious foundation of soul - rest and peace , when all things about us are most troublous ! Soon we shall be at home with Christ , where sin , sorrow , and death have no place ...
... Christ's , and Christ is God's . O glorious privilege ! pre- cious foundation of soul - rest and peace , when all things about us are most troublous ! Soon we shall be at home with Christ , where sin , sorrow , and death have no place ...
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... Christ in the honour of salvation . The enemy deceives us in this matter the more easily , be- cause a propensity to the covenant of works is a part of our natural depravity . Depend upon it , you will never have a suitable and ...
... Christ in the honour of salvation . The enemy deceives us in this matter the more easily , be- cause a propensity to the covenant of works is a part of our natural depravity . Depend upon it , you will never have a suitable and ...
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Page 11 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it ? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Page 278 - But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are : depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 281 - He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe in that day.
Page 163 - For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Page 282 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 284 - The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Page 299 - Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Page 224 - Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
Page 91 - Brother, fear not; greater is he that is in us, than he that is in the world.
Page 283 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.