The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 5 |
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... hell ; and so thou shalt not be settled . Such and such a man , that has a great influence in a parish , will never like thee . That way of preaching is not the way to gain people ; that startles them at the very first . You may bring ...
... hell ; and so thou shalt not be settled . Such and such a man , that has a great influence in a parish , will never like thee . That way of preaching is not the way to gain people ; that startles them at the very first . You may bring ...
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... hell as blind as a mole ; at last Christ opened thine eyes , and let thee see thy hazard , by a preacher ( worthy Mr. H. Erskine ) * that See the foot - note above , page 11. Several remarkable anecdotes of this eminent was none of the ...
... hell as blind as a mole ; at last Christ opened thine eyes , and let thee see thy hazard , by a preacher ( worthy Mr. H. Erskine ) * that See the foot - note above , page 11. Several remarkable anecdotes of this eminent was none of the ...
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... hell , and all the nations that forget God , thou canst not preach to them as if thou wert telling a tale . If thou believe that they must depart into everlasting fire , thy heart will not be so frozen as to be unconcerned for them ...
... hell , and all the nations that forget God , thou canst not preach to them as if thou wert telling a tale . If thou believe that they must depart into everlasting fire , thy heart will not be so frozen as to be unconcerned for them ...
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... hell ? let him flee into the chamber of divine justice , 1 John i . 9. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins . And so in other cases . 6. The boundaries of the refuge are the everlasting covenant , Psal . xlvi . 7. The God of ...
... hell ? let him flee into the chamber of divine justice , 1 John i . 9. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins . And so in other cases . 6. The boundaries of the refuge are the everlasting covenant , Psal . xlvi . 7. The God of ...
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... hell , wrath , an evil world , and sin , the worst of all enemies . Secondly , Take God in Christ for your portion this day . For motives , consider , 1. The Lord is willing to take you for his portion . When all the world is divided ...
... hell , wrath , an evil world , and sin , the worst of all enemies . Secondly , Take God in Christ for your portion this day . For motives , consider , 1. The Lord is willing to take you for his portion . When all the world is divided ...
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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...