Morning Exercises for the Closet: for Every Day in the Year ...Hamilton, Adams, and Company, 1829 - Meditations |
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... keep the mind filled with good things , not only as these will exclude base intrusions , but will be sure to leave somewhat of their own tinge and likeness behind . As to readers of this character , the author trusts the materials here ...
... keep the mind filled with good things , not only as these will exclude base intrusions , but will be sure to leave somewhat of their own tinge and likeness behind . As to readers of this character , the author trusts the materials here ...
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... briefly Thus the whole prefaced or commented upon . might allure , by its variety ; interest , by the reach of thought to which it leads ; and profitably keep before the mind of youth , amidst daily temptations , PREFACE .
... briefly Thus the whole prefaced or commented upon . might allure , by its variety ; interest , by the reach of thought to which it leads ; and profitably keep before the mind of youth , amidst daily temptations , PREFACE .
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... keep within the compass of our real welfare . They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing . " I will surely do thee good . " 99 Now the meaning of this assurance must be under- stood , or else we shall find it impossible to ...
... keep within the compass of our real welfare . They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing . " I will surely do thee good . " 99 Now the meaning of this assurance must be under- stood , or else we shall find it impossible to ...
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... keeps pace with our outward good , our safety and welfare will be endangered by it . We are not afraid when we see Christians succeed- ing in life , if at the same time they grow in grace . But the peril is , when there is so much sail ...
... keeps pace with our outward good , our safety and welfare will be endangered by it . We are not afraid when we see Christians succeed- ing in life , if at the same time they grow in grace . But the peril is , when there is so much sail ...
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... keep the parties what they find they are generally supposed to be . They are unjust ; for there are always exceptions . And they are ungenerous ; for the more temptations men have to resist , the more evils they have to subdue , the ...
... keep the parties what they find they are generally supposed to be . They are unjust ; for there are always exceptions . And they are ungenerous ; for the more temptations men have to resist , the more evils they have to subdue , the ...
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Page 401 - I have set the LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 142 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 163 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the -waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 356 - Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Page 377 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 163 - 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. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Page 201 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Page 164 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 29 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt...
Page 124 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.