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... falls to the ground unnoticed of him . I know some mournful considerations urged for a place with thee a beloved brother dead , on a distant 4 shore , uncertain whether every act of tender assistance was LETTERS. ...
... falls to the ground unnoticed of him . I know some mournful considerations urged for a place with thee a beloved brother dead , on a distant 4 shore , uncertain whether every act of tender assistance was LETTERS. ...
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... beloved , and rejoices in her happy deliverance from - bondage . And it is agreeable to the experience of many that there is no state that produces such con- vincing proof of the regard of heaven , as that wherein we are reduced to ...
... beloved , and rejoices in her happy deliverance from - bondage . And it is agreeable to the experience of many that there is no state that produces such con- vincing proof of the regard of heaven , as that wherein we are reduced to ...
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... Beloved , with whom my soul hath often been comforted ; it is in my mind to express to thee the sense I have of the work to which we are called , which is very weighty . To be as the mouth of the Lord to an assembly ; and to be as the ...
... Beloved , with whom my soul hath often been comforted ; it is in my mind to express to thee the sense I have of the work to which we are called , which is very weighty . To be as the mouth of the Lord to an assembly ; and to be as the ...
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... beloved . Great is the goodness and love of our God , in that he hath condescended to make known the riches of his free love to poor striplings : choosing the weak , simple , and mean things in man's estimation , for his use and service ...
... beloved . Great is the goodness and love of our God , in that he hath condescended to make known the riches of his free love to poor striplings : choosing the weak , simple , and mean things in man's estimation , for his use and service ...
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... beloved friend , how sensible am I of the necessity of a total and absolute resigna . tion and subjection of our will to the divine will , if we ever come to be truly profitable to ourselves , or fit instruments in the Lord's hand for ...
... beloved friend , how sensible am I of the necessity of a total and absolute resigna . tion and subjection of our will to the divine will , if we ever come to be truly profitable to ourselves , or fit instruments in the Lord's hand for ...
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Page 178 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Page 59 - Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," these irregular and prodigious vagaries seem to bespeak a decay, and forebode, perhaps, not a very distant dissolution.
Page 133 - Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Page 142 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 237 - One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. For in the time of trouble he...
Page 14 - Many shall come from the east and west, and sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 243 - Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me...
Page 68 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 60 - And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Page 158 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.