The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...T. Hamilton and J. Smith, 1821 |
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... 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 an unhappy tendency to make us cold and formal in our ...
... 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 an unhappy tendency to make us cold and formal in our ...
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... appointed and adjusted by infinite wisdom and infinite love . The Lord , who knows our frame , does not ex- pect or require that we should aim at a stoical indifference under his visitations . He allows , that afflictions are at present ...
... appointed and adjusted by infinite wisdom and infinite love . The Lord , who knows our frame , does not ex- pect or require that we should aim at a stoical indifference under his visitations . He allows , that afflictions are at present ...
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... form my judgment entirely from what you say and write ? I cannot consent that you should se- riously appoint me to examine and judge of your state . I thought you knew , beyond the shadow 42 Let . IV . Letters to Mrs. T.
... form my judgment entirely from what you say and write ? I cannot consent that you should se- riously appoint me to examine and judge of your state . I thought you knew , beyond the shadow 42 Let . IV . Letters to Mrs. T.
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... appointed for your dismission , I make no doubt but he will overpower all your fears , si- lence all your enemies , and give you a comfort- able , triumphant entrance into his kingdom . You have nothing to fear from death ; for Jesus ...
... appointed for your dismission , I make no doubt but he will overpower all your fears , si- lence all your enemies , and give you a comfort- able , triumphant entrance into his kingdom . You have nothing to fear from death ; for Jesus ...
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... appointed your place and service ; and though you know it not at present , you shall at a proper time . If you had the talents of an angel , you could do no good with them till his hour is come , and till he leads you to the people whom ...
... appointed your place and service ; and though you know it not at present , you shall at a proper time . If you had the talents of an angel , you could do no good with them till his hour is come , and till he leads you to the people whom ...
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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.