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... situation ! but I desire to see the wisdom of GoD , in writing vanity on every creature - good . Oh that it may have a right effect on me , and teach me to cease from man , and cleave to GOD ! that spiritual , that eternal Rock of ages ...
... situation ! but I desire to see the wisdom of GoD , in writing vanity on every creature - good . Oh that it may have a right effect on me , and teach me to cease from man , and cleave to GOD ! that spiritual , that eternal Rock of ages ...
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... situation desirable . I confess I feel a great gloom prevailing within ; though I cannot say , from any particular cause . But I really believe it is more bodily than mental ; in this respect we are very apt to be deceived , and I am ...
... situation desirable . I confess I feel a great gloom prevailing within ; though I cannot say , from any particular cause . But I really believe it is more bodily than mental ; in this respect we are very apt to be deceived , and I am ...
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... situation , be much engaged in earnest prayer to the LORD to appear for them in this time of great need ! May the many many prayers of their dear mother be answered on their behalf , now that her head is laid low , and she entirely ...
... situation , be much engaged in earnest prayer to the LORD to appear for them in this time of great need ! May the many many prayers of their dear mother be answered on their behalf , now that her head is laid low , and she entirely ...
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... situation in life aright ; and yet withal not to look at " the things which are seen " and are temporal , but those that are not seen , and are eternal . " To be , as having or possessing , yet as not possessing ; indeed , in all things ...
... situation in life aright ; and yet withal not to look at " the things which are seen " and are temporal , but those that are not seen , and are eternal . " To be , as having or possessing , yet as not possessing ; indeed , in all things ...
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... situation he may have in reserve for me . He knows how greatly I dread myself - I feel so unfit for this world ! so unfit for a better ! Oh that a thorough reform may take place , and , how- ever matters may be determined , as to ...
... situation he may have in reserve for me . He knows how greatly I dread myself - I feel so unfit for this world ! so unfit for a better ! Oh that a thorough reform may take place , and , how- ever matters may be determined , as to ...
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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.