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So , also , every outward object suited to our corrupt nature , the lust of the flesh , the lust of the eye , and the pride of life ; these naturally call for the attention of our minds , tend to attract the affections of our hearts ...
So , also , every outward object suited to our corrupt nature , the lust of the flesh , the lust of the eye , and the pride of life ; these naturally call for the attention of our minds , tend to attract the affections of our hearts ...
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The works of the flesh , the works of darkness , we desire to mortify , and have no fellowship with ; because contrary to love , aud the enjoyment of it . " We have known and believed the love that God hath to us .
The works of the flesh , the works of darkness , we desire to mortify , and have no fellowship with ; because contrary to love , aud the enjoyment of it . " We have known and believed the love that God hath to us .
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Thus our new state and new life in Christ are manifested , that " we walk not after the flesh , but after the Spirit , " Rom . viii . 1 . JAN . 19. If ye continue in my word , then are ye my disciples ...
Thus our new state and new life in Christ are manifested , that " we walk not after the flesh , but after the Spirit , " Rom . viii . 1 . JAN . 19. If ye continue in my word , then are ye my disciples ...
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... and the exercise of patience . Thou must abide the tribulations of Jesus ' word , as well as its consolations . The Master deceives none . He tells us what we are to expect ; every thing grievous to flesh and blood .
... and the exercise of patience . Thou must abide the tribulations of Jesus ' word , as well as its consolations . The Master deceives none . He tells us what we are to expect ; every thing grievous to flesh and blood .
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Hence we may infer , that the poison of pride , vain confidence in the flesh , and self - righteous hopes , may lurk under the most exalted pretensions to piety , holiness , and perfection . This matter calls for great care and ...
Hence we may infer , that the poison of pride , vain confidence in the flesh , and self - righteous hopes , may lurk under the most exalted pretensions to piety , holiness , and perfection . This matter calls for great care and ...
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Page 114 - Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts.
Page 18 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 414 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Page 279 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 156 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Page 261 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 112 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 225 - The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Page 145 - But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so. your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Page 187 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not : for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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| Title | A Spiritual Treasury for the Children of God: Consisting of a Meditation for the Morning of Each Day in the Year, Upon Select Texts of Scripture ... |
| Author | William Mason |
| Publisher | Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1765 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 510 pages |
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