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... nature , and therein to abide . Great has been his mercy in visiting our souls with his blessed truth , and it highly behooves us to watch with all diligence . It is our duty to look to him daily ; this comprehends all ; 28.
... nature , and therein to abide . Great has been his mercy in visiting our souls with his blessed truth , and it highly behooves us to watch with all diligence . It is our duty to look to him daily ; this comprehends all ; 28.
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... watch- ful state , and careful that nothing , through our unwatchfulness or neglect , deprive us of the sense of our gifts ; but those who are thus brought forth , may have in their infant state , ( as well as those that are further ...
... watch- ful state , and careful that nothing , through our unwatchfulness or neglect , deprive us of the sense of our gifts ; but those who are thus brought forth , may have in their infant state , ( as well as those that are further ...
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... before our view , unless that , as he died for sin , we also come to die to sin of all kind . Be sober and watch unto prayer , that the enemy sow not his tares , and choak the good seed of the kingdom , and deprive you of 47.
... before our view , unless that , as he died for sin , we also come to die to sin of all kind . Be sober and watch unto prayer , that the enemy sow not his tares , and choak the good seed of the kingdom , and deprive you of 47.
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... watch- fulness or faithfulness does not come up in the rank and station allotted to him , but falls short of the service designed him , comes short of the glory of God , and contributes individually to this general declension , though ...
... watch- fulness or faithfulness does not come up in the rank and station allotted to him , but falls short of the service designed him , comes short of the glory of God , and contributes individually to this general declension , though ...
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... watch steadily unto prayer , if we keep a conscience void of offence , if we look to the Lord for succour , we shall be helped thro ' one difficulty , and one exercise . after another , till our measure of suffering is filled up , and ...
... watch steadily unto prayer , if we keep a conscience void of offence , if we look to the Lord for succour , we shall be helped thro ' one difficulty , and one exercise . after another , till our measure of suffering is filled up , and ...
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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...
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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.