The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...T. Hamilton and J. Smith, 1821 |
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... likewise assures me , that Christ is God , that Jesus is Jehovah . I cannot say that reason assents with equal readiness to this proposition as to the former . But admitting what the scripture teaches con- cerning the evil of sin , the ...
... likewise assures me , that Christ is God , that Jesus is Jehovah . I cannot say that reason assents with equal readiness to this proposition as to the former . But admitting what the scripture teaches con- cerning the evil of sin , the ...
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... likewise give occasion of our knowing and no- ticing more of the Lord's wisdom , power , and goodness , in supporting and relieving , than we should otherwise have known . I have not time to take another sheet , must Afflictions evi ...
... likewise give occasion of our knowing and no- ticing more of the Lord's wisdom , power , and goodness , in supporting and relieving , than we should otherwise have known . I have not time to take another sheet , must Afflictions evi ...
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... likewise strengthen , by exercise , our graces : as our limbs and natural powers would be feeble if not called to daily exertion ; so the graces of the Spirit would languish , without something was provided to draw them out to use . And ...
... likewise strengthen , by exercise , our graces : as our limbs and natural powers would be feeble if not called to daily exertion ; so the graces of the Spirit would languish , without something was provided to draw them out to use . And ...
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... likewise for the public . Will it be a consolation to you , madam , to know that you do not mourn alone ? A character so exemplary , as a friend , a counsellor , a christian , and a minister , will be long and deeply regretted ; and ...
... likewise for the public . Will it be a consolation to you , madam , to know that you do not mourn alone ? A character so exemplary , as a friend , a counsellor , a christian , and a minister , will be long and deeply regretted ; and ...
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... likewise ; though it appears to me , and I believe to all who know you , that the Lord has been pe- culiarly gracious to you , in giving you much of the spirit in which he delights , and by which his name and the power of his gospel are ...
... likewise ; though it appears to me , and I believe to all who know you , that the Lord has been pe- culiarly gracious to you , in giving you much of the spirit in which he delights , and by which his name and the power of his gospel are ...
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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.