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Page 49
... thou art cast down , the Lord has not left nor forsaken thee , neither will he leave thee to the will of thine enemy , though he is suffered to try thee in a near manner : he shall not pre- vail against thee as thou keeps the faith ...
... thou art cast down , the Lord has not left nor forsaken thee , neither will he leave thee to the will of thine enemy , though he is suffered to try thee in a near manner : he shall not pre- vail against thee as thou keeps the faith ...
Page 51
... thou art one of those whom the Lord hath chosen and appointed , to repair , the breaches in the walls of our Zion ; keep , as much as possible , in a watching , waiting . posture ; as thou knows not how soon thy Lord will return and say ...
... thou art one of those whom the Lord hath chosen and appointed , to repair , the breaches in the walls of our Zion ; keep , as much as possible , in a watching , waiting . posture ; as thou knows not how soon thy Lord will return and say ...
Page 52
... art the man . When thou therefore feels the call renewed to minister , publicly or private- ly , do not make excuse ... thou abides his prepar- ing hand . And also if the Lord call thee not to an outward abstinence , eat then thy natur ...
... art the man . When thou therefore feels the call renewed to minister , publicly or private- ly , do not make excuse ... thou abides his prepar- ing hand . And also if the Lord call thee not to an outward abstinence , eat then thy natur ...
Page 88
... thou art faithful herein thou wilt know by degrees judgment to be brought forth into victory , and thou shalt in due season feel that peace which passeth the understanding . LETTER XXV . 4th Mo. 1755 . WE should labour to comm and our ...
... thou art faithful herein thou wilt know by degrees judgment to be brought forth into victory , and thou shalt in due season feel that peace which passeth the understanding . LETTER XXV . 4th Mo. 1755 . WE should labour to comm and our ...
Page 98
... THOU art near to us , time nor distance have not obliterated the memory of those seasons when we have been blended into one spirit by baptism , and deep has spoken unto deep . Such is the unity , such the friendship and intercourse ...
... THOU art near to us , time nor distance have not obliterated the memory of those seasons when we have been blended into one spirit by baptism , and deep has spoken unto deep . Such is the unity , such the friendship and intercourse ...
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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.