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Page ii
... concerns of her soul till the year 1787. - At that time , being in- duced to attend at the adult baptism of two persons , administered at Shallows , near Margate , by the Rev. W .. Purchis , baptist minister of that place ; she was so ...
... concerns of her soul till the year 1787. - At that time , being in- duced to attend at the adult baptism of two persons , administered at Shallows , near Margate , by the Rev. W .. Purchis , baptist minister of that place ; she was so ...
Page ix
... concern was , how to perform the many and arduous duties of the differ- ent relations in which she was going to be placed ; and lest she should fail of recommending the religion she pro- fessed , to those around her . When also she had ...
... concern was , how to perform the many and arduous duties of the differ- ent relations in which she was going to be placed ; and lest she should fail of recommending the religion she pro- fessed , to those around her . When also she had ...
Page x
... concerned her domesticks , she always sought to GoD for direction and success ; constantly aiming to glorify him in her whole con- duct , and to prove instrumental to the salvation of the persons whom she em- ployed . The fears too ...
... concerned her domesticks , she always sought to GoD for direction and success ; constantly aiming to glorify him in her whole con- duct , and to prove instrumental to the salvation of the persons whom she em- ployed . The fears too ...
Page 15
... concerns , still to keep me humble and watchful , that I may more than ever glorify him in body and soul which are his . Surely then , if I am ever brought into a state of prosperity , and there kept from halting , I shall believe as ...
... concerns , still to keep me humble and watchful , that I may more than ever glorify him in body and soul which are his . Surely then , if I am ever brought into a state of prosperity , and there kept from halting , I shall believe as ...
Page 29
... bled before GOD , and yet I am proud ! What a sinner I am ! I have so little faith , I can scarcely believe at all . I am afraid of pre- suming , and the LORD knows I dread a de- ception where eternal concerns are at stake . Oh , 29.
... bled before GOD , and yet I am proud ! What a sinner I am ! I have so little faith , I can scarcely believe at all . I am afraid of pre- suming , and the LORD knows I dread a de- ception where eternal concerns are at stake . Oh , 29.
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Page 236 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 302 - I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 294 - I know whom I have trusted, and whom I have believed and that he is able to keep that [which] I have committed to his charge.
Page 75 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 323 - I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Page 163 - With peaceful mind thy race of duty run : God nothing does, or suffers to be done, But what thou wouldst thyself, if thou couldst see Through all events of things as well as he.
Page 222 - I love them that love me ; and they that seek me early shall find me.
Page 321 - Tis Jesus, the first and the last, Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home ; We'll praise him for all that is past, And trust him for all that's to come.
Page 188 - The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 119 - May our light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; while we look, not at the things seen and temporal, but at the things not seen, but eternal.