The Works of the Reverend Richard Sibbs ...: To which is Prefixed, a Short Memoir of the Author's Life. ...J. Chalmers & Company, 1809 |
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... course may seem to cross one another ; yet , fweetly they agree in this , that , as the church needeth both , fo Chrift ufes both for the church's good . The north is a nipping wind , and the south a cherishing wind ; therefore the ...
... course may seem to cross one another ; yet , fweetly they agree in this , that , as the church needeth both , fo Chrift ufes both for the church's good . The north is a nipping wind , and the south a cherishing wind ; therefore the ...
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... courses , and to give up ourselves to the guidance of God's fpirit . And this will be a forcible reason to move us thereunto , because fo long as we live in any known fin unre- pented of , God neither regards us nor our prayers . What a ...
... courses , and to give up ourselves to the guidance of God's fpirit . And this will be a forcible reason to move us thereunto , because fo long as we live in any known fin unre- pented of , God neither regards us nor our prayers . What a ...
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... course taketh he ? " I said , " faith he , that is , " I refolv- ed to confefs my fin , and thou forgaveft the iniquity of my fin . " Upon a free and full , a faithful and ingenuous confeffion , with- out all guile of fpirit , he found ...
... course taketh he ? " I said , " faith he , that is , " I refolv- ed to confefs my fin , and thou forgaveft the iniquity of my fin . " Upon a free and full , a faithful and ingenuous confeffion , with- out all guile of fpirit , he found ...
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... course doth not fuit with fo much knowledge and fo much grace . Let a man confider , wherefore God hath given the powers of the foul and the graces of the fpirit , are they not given for exer- cife , and to be employed about their ...
... course doth not fuit with fo much knowledge and fo much grace . Let a man confider , wherefore God hath given the powers of the foul and the graces of the fpirit , are they not given for exer- cife , and to be employed about their ...
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... course , of life , or complexion . Here now is the care and watchfulness of a christian spirit , that knowing by examination and trial of his own heart , his weakness , he doth especially fence against that , which he is moft inclined ...
... course , of life , or complexion . Here now is the care and watchfulness of a christian spirit , that knowing by examination and trial of his own heart , his weakness , he doth especially fence against that , which he is moft inclined ...
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affections affurance againſt alfo alſo anſwer becauſe beloved beſt bleffed caft caufe cauſe Chrift chriftian church comfort communion confcience corruption courfe courſe creature daughters of Jerufalem defire delight difcouragements difpofition doth eftate eſpecially excellent faid faith falvation fanctified fatan Father fcripture feal fecond feed feek felves fenfe ferve feven fhall fhew fhould firft firſt fleep fleſh fome fometimes foul fpeak ftand ftate ftill ftir ftrength fuch fuffer fure fweet God's grace grieve the fpirit hath heart heaven heavenly herſelf himſelf Holy Ghoft itſelf let us labour likewife Lord meaſure mercy moft moſt muft muſt myrrh nature notwithſtanding obferve ourſelves perfons pleaſe prayer prefent promiſes purpoſe queſtion reafon religion righteouſneſs ſee ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpouſe ſtand ſtate ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth underſtanding unto uſe watchmen whatſoever wiſdom word
Popular passages
Page 79 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 172 - The watchmen that went about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Page 342 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Page 38 - 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 191 - What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Page 342 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Page 156 - I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him ; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Page 210 - My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Page 2 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 149 - My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.