The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 9 |
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... Christ on the same footing . But the scripture is plain , Matth . xx . 28 , " He came to give his life a ransom for many . " Gal . iii . 13 , " Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law , being made a curse for us . He was made ...
... Christ on the same footing . But the scripture is plain , Matth . xx . 28 , " He came to give his life a ransom for many . " Gal . iii . 13 , " Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law , being made a curse for us . He was made ...
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... Christ lives evermore ; and , if ye believe the apostle , it is to make intercession for you . If Christ lives evermore , ye shall not sin evermore : for he will not thus live alone without you ; where he is , there you shall be also ...
... Christ lives evermore ; and , if ye believe the apostle , it is to make intercession for you . If Christ lives evermore , ye shall not sin evermore : for he will not thus live alone without you ; where he is , there you shall be also ...
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... Christ was dead , and the wrath of God was poured out into his soul , which melted his heart like wax in the midst ... Christ's death , to deliver you and the like of you , Heb . ii . 15 , “ And deliver them who through fear of death ...
... Christ was dead , and the wrath of God was poured out into his soul , which melted his heart like wax in the midst ... Christ's death , to deliver you and the like of you , Heb . ii . 15 , “ And deliver them who through fear of death ...
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... Christ , and to build our comfort on him ; but it is not of God to build it on the bare impression of a comfortable word . The coming in of a word should guide us to Christ ; and though the impression , the guide go , yet we may keep ...
... Christ , and to build our comfort on him ; but it is not of God to build it on the bare impression of a comfortable word . The coming in of a word should guide us to Christ ; and though the impression , the guide go , yet we may keep ...
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... Christ is the be- liever's cautioner for sanctification and perseverance , John x . 28 , and chap . xvii . 12 ... Christ ? Well , then , fear not ; wiles help weak folk . Though ye want strength , yet you have wisdom afforded you , even ...
... Christ is the be- liever's cautioner for sanctification and perseverance , John x . 28 , and chap . xvii . 12 ... Christ ? Well , then , fear not ; wiles help weak folk . Though ye want strength , yet you have wisdom afforded you , even ...
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Page 94 - Lord, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is ; That I may know how frail I am.
Page 204 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 497 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 342 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 51 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 20 - But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Page 501 - I create the fruit of the lips ; " Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near," saith the Lord ; and I will heal him. But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Page 257 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 587 - Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 42 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...