The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 9 |
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... fall down at his feet as dead . Yet we must say , Fear not ; for Christ was dead , and the wrath of God was poured out into his soul , which melted his heart like wax in the midst of his bowels : Yet he swam through this ocean . Now ...
... fall down at his feet as dead . Yet we must say , Fear not ; for Christ was dead , and the wrath of God was poured out into his soul , which melted his heart like wax in the midst of his bowels : Yet he swam through this ocean . Now ...
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... fall . Fear not : -Christ died , and it was an evil time , a time of many snares , yet he came safe off . This he did as a public person , and so it is a pledge that ye shall also be carried through ; see Heb . iv . 14. - 16 . Christ ...
... fall . Fear not : -Christ died , and it was an evil time , a time of many snares , yet he came safe off . This he did as a public person , and so it is a pledge that ye shall also be carried through ; see Heb . iv . 14. - 16 . Christ ...
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... fall is like a fall to hell from off hea- ven's threshold . The higher persons are raised up , the lower do they sink when they fall . 2. Who are to blame ? Why , men are ready to say , God is an austere master , and forgetful of the ...
... fall is like a fall to hell from off hea- ven's threshold . The higher persons are raised up , the lower do they sink when they fall . 2. Who are to blame ? Why , men are ready to say , God is an austere master , and forgetful of the ...
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... fall on it , it makes a hissing noise . But the objector still says , " On the contrary , I find Providence very favourable to me . " ANSW . Is it in spiritual good things ? findest thou that because he lives , thou livest also ? Is ...
... fall on it , it makes a hissing noise . But the objector still says , " On the contrary , I find Providence very favourable to me . " ANSW . Is it in spiritual good things ? findest thou that because he lives , thou livest also ? Is ...
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... fall on him , will the earth cover him , who , to enjoy it , incurred a separation from God ? No , no ! O ungrateful earth , that the man consumed time , heart , and strength upon , while his days lasted , that will not take part with ...
... fall on him , will the earth cover him , who , to enjoy it , incurred a separation from God ? No , no ! O ungrateful earth , that the man consumed time , heart , and strength upon , while his days lasted , that will not take part with ...
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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...