The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 5 |
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... desire to be ( Lord , thou knowest ) a fisher of men . But , alas ! I may come in with my com- plaints to my Lord , that I have toiled in some measure , but caught nothing , for any thing I know , as to the conversion of any one soul ...
... desire to be ( Lord , thou knowest ) a fisher of men . But , alas ! I may come in with my com- plaints to my Lord , that I have toiled in some measure , but caught nothing , for any thing I know , as to the conversion of any one soul ...
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... desires to follow hard after thee , O God ! 3. Be concerned then , in the first place , O my soul , for the pre- sence of God in ordinances , and for his power that will make a change among people , Psal . ex . 3. When thy discourse ...
... desires to follow hard after thee , O God ! 3. Be concerned then , in the first place , O my soul , for the pre- sence of God in ordinances , and for his power that will make a change among people , Psal . ex . 3. When thy discourse ...
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... desire besides thee . " For indeed , " my heart and flesh faints and fails ; but thou art the strength of my heart , O Lord , " Psal . lxxiii . 25 , 26 . [ 4. ] It lets me see my need of him ; so that nothing else but Christ , I am ...
... desire besides thee . " For indeed , " my heart and flesh faints and fails ; but thou art the strength of my heart , O Lord , " Psal . lxxiii . 25 , 26 . [ 4. ] It lets me see my need of him ; so that nothing else but Christ , I am ...
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... desires , Matth . v . 6. [ 1. ] Af- ter the righteousness of Christ . My , soul earnestly desires to be stript naked of my own righteousness , which is as rags , and to be clothed and adorned with the robe of his righteousness . This ...
... desires , Matth . v . 6. [ 1. ] Af- ter the righteousness of Christ . My , soul earnestly desires to be stript naked of my own righteousness , which is as rags , and to be clothed and adorned with the robe of his righteousness . This ...
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... desire is to catch men , and to get for that end my whole furniture from thee , laying aside my own wisdom . And if I could do this , how satisfying would it be to my soul , that desires to do good to others , though I myself should ...
... desire is to catch men , and to get for that end my whole furniture from thee , laying aside my own wisdom . And if I could do this , how satisfying would it be to my soul , that desires to do good to others , though I myself should ...
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Page 210 - But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart ; My Lord delayeth his coming ; and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of ; and shall cut him asunder, and appoint Aim his portion with the hypocrites ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 226 - 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 372 - 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 107 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 63 - Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Page 248 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 521 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you, A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Page 294 - 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 ? 3f Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 606 - But love ye .your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 76 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...