Selections from the World's Devotional Classics, Volume 7Robert Scott, George William Gilmore Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1916 - Devotional literature |
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... hath sent " ( John 6:28 , 29 ) . He putteth us first upon the work of believing , which is the work by God , by way of eminency , the work of works , because all other good works proceed from it . The first thing in the present ...
... hath sent " ( John 6:28 , 29 ) . He putteth us first upon the work of believing , which is the work by God , by way of eminency , the work of works , because all other good works proceed from it . The first thing in the present ...
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... hath given us in the gospel , declared in the Holy Scriptures . The great end of preaching the gospel is for the obedience of faith ( Rom 1 : 5 ) , that so we may be brought to Christ and all other obedience . Yea , the great end of all ...
... hath given us in the gospel , declared in the Holy Scriptures . The great end of preaching the gospel is for the obedience of faith ( Rom 1 : 5 ) , that so we may be brought to Christ and all other obedience . Yea , the great end of all ...
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... hath been a very hard matter to bring their hearts to the duty of believing ; it hath cost them vigorous struggles and sharp conflicts with their own corruptions and Satan's temptations . It is so difficult a work that we can not ...
... hath been a very hard matter to bring their hearts to the duty of believing ; it hath cost them vigorous struggles and sharp conflicts with their own corruptions and Satan's temptations . It is so difficult a work that we can not ...
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... hath strengthened us to believe , tho we know not certainly that he will do it beforehand . The Spirit cometh indiscernibly upon the elect , to work faith within them ; like the wind that bloweth where it lists , and none knoweth whence ...
... hath strengthened us to believe , tho we know not certainly that he will do it beforehand . The Spirit cometh indiscernibly upon the elect , to work faith within them ; like the wind that bloweth where it lists , and none knoweth whence ...
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... hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God " ( John 3:18 ) . The Apostle Paul showeth that the elect Israelites obtained salvation , and the rest , who were not elected , were blinded ; and yet even those were broken ...
... hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God " ( John 3:18 ) . The Apostle Paul showeth that the elect Israelites obtained salvation , and the rest , who were not elected , were blinded ; and yet even those were broken ...
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afflicted Amalek began believing on Christ blasphemies blood of Christ called children of men Christian comfort condition conscience consider Contemplation corruptions creature death Declaration of Indulgence despair devil diligence doth duty of believing elect Elstow endeavor Esau eternal evil excellent faith Father fear give glory God's gospel grace guilt hath heaven Holy Ghost hope humble inherited the blessing Jesus Christ John JOHN BUNYAN JOHN FLAVEL judgment keep the heart keep thy lest light live Lord Jesus love happiness love thee maketh Matt mercy methought mind nature ness never pardon perform pray prayer promise repentance saith salvation Satan saved Savior scripture Simon Magus sins sometimes soul Spirit strength sweet temptation tempter tence thine things thou art thou hast thought thy heart tion trouble truth unto vile Wherefore wicked word
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Page 112 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Page 128 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 28 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 128 - If we sin wilfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin ; but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 108 - For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected : for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 140 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 192 - I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men...
Page 88 - Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil ; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage,
Page 95 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Page 164 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.