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... seems to me , that pious books with prayer for divine teaching , are good helps to a godly life : they are means of grace , and great lifts by the way ; their value lies mainly in the practical use we make of them : they are to remind ...
... seems to me , that pious books with prayer for divine teaching , are good helps to a godly life : they are means of grace , and great lifts by the way ; their value lies mainly in the practical use we make of them : they are to remind ...
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... seems unseasonable to me at present ; for though I feel much , I suspect more : not only the hollowness of my past moral virtues , but the unholiness of my nature too ; for I have felt , I confess , a strong inclination to evil at times ...
... seems unseasonable to me at present ; for though I feel much , I suspect more : not only the hollowness of my past moral virtues , but the unholiness of my nature too ; for I have felt , I confess , a strong inclination to evil at times ...
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... seem so small , yet appear in their true colour in the light of the Spirit and in the eye of God . I would therefore urge you to pray for more spiritual illumination and grace , and to get a clear view of the law of God in all its ...
... seem so small , yet appear in their true colour in the light of the Spirit and in the eye of God . I would therefore urge you to pray for more spiritual illumination and grace , and to get a clear view of the law of God in all its ...
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... seem innocent at first which do not prove so afterwards ; they may even look specious and good , and still be fraught with injury to the soul . What , for example , more in- nocent than the representation of a man's likeness on canvass ...
... seem innocent at first which do not prove so afterwards ; they may even look specious and good , and still be fraught with injury to the soul . What , for example , more in- nocent than the representation of a man's likeness on canvass ...
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... seem so brilliant and glorious , as when they are ascribed to grace , and reflected back to the honour of God ; they then resemble the sun - beam when it strikes some watery cloud , ( the rays reflected back to the sun , ) they leave ...
... seem so brilliant and glorious , as when they are ascribed to grace , and reflected back to the honour of God ; they then resemble the sun - beam when it strikes some watery cloud , ( the rays reflected back to the sun , ) they leave ...
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Page 331 - And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 108 - I AM come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey ; I have drunk my wine with my milk : Eat, O friends ; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Page 45 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 94 - Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ...
Page 97 - If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 86 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 335 - For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Page 184 - STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Page 149 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light ? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
Page 186 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.