The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...T. Hamilton and J. Smith, 1821 |
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... true God and eternal life . On the contrary , alas ! alas ! my guilt and grief are , that my thoughts of him are so faint , so infrequent , and my commendations of him so lamentably cold and disproportionate to what they ought to be . I ...
... true God and eternal life . On the contrary , alas ! alas ! my guilt and grief are , that my thoughts of him are so faint , so infrequent , and my commendations of him so lamentably cold and disproportionate to what they ought to be . I ...
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... true religion is built but alas ! in the present day , it is the stum- bling - stone and rock of offence , upon which too many , fondly presuming upon their own wisdom , fall and are broken . I am so far from wondering that any should ...
... true religion is built but alas ! in the present day , it is the stum- bling - stone and rock of offence , upon which too many , fondly presuming upon their own wisdom , fall and are broken . I am so far from wondering that any should ...
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... true in itself , and true to us , is the experience of its effects . They who know his name will put their trust in him : they who are rightly impressed with his astonishing condescension and love , in emptying himself , and submitting ...
... true in itself , and true to us , is the experience of its effects . They who know his name will put their trust in him : they who are rightly impressed with his astonishing condescension and love , in emptying himself , and submitting ...
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... true in themselves , is in my judgment a poor thing : nor , on the other hand , am I an admirer of those rapturous sallies , which are more owing to a warm imagination , than to a just perception of the power and importance of gos- pel ...
... true in themselves , is in my judgment a poor thing : nor , on the other hand , am I an admirer of those rapturous sallies , which are more owing to a warm imagination , than to a just perception of the power and importance of gos- pel ...
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... this is not our rest , and to call our thoughts upwards , where our true treasure is , and where our conversation ought to be . When things go on much to our wish , our hearts are too prone to say , " It is 22 Letters to Mrs.
... this is not our rest , and to call our thoughts upwards , where our true treasure is , and where our conversation ought to be . When things go on much to our wish , our hearts are too prone to say , " It is 22 Letters to Mrs.
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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.