Memoirs of the Life, Time, and Writings, of the Reverend and Learned Thomas Boston ...: Divided Into Twelve PeriodsA. Murray and J. Cochran, 1776 - 565 pages |
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... prayed with confi- dence to the Lord for light and direction concerning my pafling trials before the prefbytery of Stirling , which they had been for fome time urging , as I have noticed above , I took up my Bible , and going to turn to ...
... prayed with confi- dence to the Lord for light and direction concerning my pafling trials before the prefbytery of Stirling , which they had been for fome time urging , as I have noticed above , I took up my Bible , and going to turn to ...
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... prayed chearfully after . I was then , as it were , in fight of the fhore of that troublous fea . A little after that , I found there was no hope of enter- ing into Col. Erfkine's family ; and on Feb. 17. juft the day before the year's ...
... prayed chearfully after . I was then , as it were , in fight of the fhore of that troublous fea . A little after that , I found there was no hope of enter- ing into Col. Erfkine's family ; and on Feb. 17. juft the day before the year's ...
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... prayed for a word that might revive me ; and reading in my ordinary , Matth . xvi . my heart moved and leapt , I thought , within me , when I read ver . 8. " O ye of little faith , why reafon ye among your- " felves , because ye have ...
... prayed for a word that might revive me ; and reading in my ordinary , Matth . xvi . my heart moved and leapt , I thought , within me , when I read ver . 8. " O ye of little faith , why reafon ye among your- " felves , because ye have ...
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... prayed to the Lord for his help ; I pray- ed again , but was nothing cleared ; and fo was much caft down . I thought of praying again ; but , alas ! thought I , what need I go to prayer ? for I can get no light . I urged my foul to ...
... prayed to the Lord for his help ; I pray- ed again , but was nothing cleared ; and fo was much caft down . I thought of praying again ; but , alas ! thought I , what need I go to prayer ? for I can get no light . I urged my foul to ...
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... prayed , read , medita- ted , ftruggled , urged my heart with thefe fcriptures , Matth . x . 39. Prov . xxviii . 21. Acts xvii . 26. hard put to it , but still in hope the Lord would not leave me to " tranfgrefs for a piece of bread ...
... prayed , read , medita- ted , ftruggled , urged my heart with thefe fcriptures , Matth . x . 39. Prov . xxviii . 21. Acts xvii . 26. hard put to it , but still in hope the Lord would not leave me to " tranfgrefs for a piece of bread ...
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Page 304 - The kings came and fought, Then fought the kings of Canaan In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo ; They took no gain of money.
Page 270 - For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
Page 211 - Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 339 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 404 - I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Page 97 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 369 - ... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established.
Page 411 - And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth : I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren.
Page 288 - Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them...
Page 159 - Even the youths fhall faint and be weary, and the young men utterly fall : but they that wait upon the Lord fhall renew their ftrength ; they fhall mount up with wings as .eagles ; they fhall run, and not be weary ; they fhall walk and not faint.