The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...T. Hamilton and J. Smith, 1821 |
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... answered to ourselves , by the trials he is pleased to appoint us . Afflictions quicken us to prayer . It is a pity it should be so ; but experience testifies , that a long course of ease and prosperity , without painful changes , has ...
... answered to ourselves , by the trials he is pleased to appoint us . Afflictions quicken us to prayer . It is a pity it should be so ; but experience testifies , that a long course of ease and prosperity , without painful changes , has ...
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... answer , must , for the present , be postponed ; for the same post brought an information which turns my thoughts to one subject . What shall I say ! Topics of consolation are at hand in abundance ; they are familiar to your mind ; and ...
... answer , must , for the present , be postponed ; for the same post brought an information which turns my thoughts to one subject . What shall I say ! Topics of consolation are at hand in abundance ; they are familiar to your mind ; and ...
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... answer the questions , How ? or Why ? The thing may be certain , though we cannot easily explain it ; and there may be just and important reasons for it , though we should not be able to assign them . If what you heard , or ( which in ...
... answer the questions , How ? or Why ? The thing may be certain , though we cannot easily explain it ; and there may be just and important reasons for it , though we should not be able to assign them . If what you heard , or ( which in ...
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... answer or reconcile every difficulty that may either occur to your own mind , or be put in your way by others . Our hearts are very dark and narrow , and the very root of all apostacy is a proud disposition to question the necessity or ...
... answer or reconcile every difficulty that may either occur to your own mind , or be put in your way by others . Our hearts are very dark and narrow , and the very root of all apostacy is a proud disposition to question the necessity or ...
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... answer so far as I retain a general remembrance of the contents . You will doubtless find rather perplexity than advantage from the multiplicity of advice you may receive , if you endeavour to reconcile and adopt the very different ...
... answer so far as I retain a general remembrance of the contents . You will doubtless find rather perplexity than advantage from the multiplicity of advice you may receive , if you endeavour to reconcile and adopt the very different ...
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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.