The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...T. Hamilton and J. Smith, 1821 |
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... strength , and encouragement , which are necessary to make obedience either pleasing or practicable . And where there is true spiritual faith in the heart , and in exercise , I be- lieve a person will not so much need detail of what he ...
... strength , and encouragement , which are necessary to make obedience either pleasing or practicable . And where there is true spiritual faith in the heart , and in exercise , I be- lieve a person will not so much need detail of what he ...
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... strength and consolation , and my only encouragement for venturing to the throne of grace , for grace to help in time of need . Till God in human flesh I see , My thoughts no comfort find ; The holy , just , and sacred Three , Are ...
... strength and consolation , and my only encouragement for venturing to the throne of grace , for grace to help in time of need . Till God in human flesh I see , My thoughts no comfort find ; The holy , just , and sacred Three , Are ...
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... strength according to my day . I rejoice that the Lord has not only made you desirous of being useful to others in their spiritual concerns , but has given you , in some instances , to see that your desires and attempts have not been in ...
... strength according to my day . I rejoice that the Lord has not only made you desirous of being useful to others in their spiritual concerns , but has given you , in some instances , to see that your desires and attempts have not been in ...
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... strength , and be still to know that he is God , that he has a right to dispose of us and ours as he pleases , and that in the exercise of this right he is most certainly good and wise . We often complain of losses ; but this expression ...
... strength , and be still to know that he is God , that he has a right to dispose of us and ours as he pleases , and that in the exercise of this right he is most certainly good and wise . We often complain of losses ; but this expression ...
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... strength be . " This I trust you have already experienced . The Lord is so rich and so good , that he can by a glance of thought compensate his children for whatever his wisdom sees fit to deprive them of . If he gives them a lively ...
... strength be . " This I trust you have already experienced . The Lord is so rich and so good , that he can by a glance of thought compensate his children for whatever his wisdom sees fit to deprive them of . If he gives them a lively ...
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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.