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Page 110
... creature ; and several are animated with good desires and resolutions to be obedient to it : but when the tempter comes , practising on the inclina- tions , affections , and passions , and plying his batteries against that side which is ...
... creature ; and several are animated with good desires and resolutions to be obedient to it : but when the tempter comes , practising on the inclina- tions , affections , and passions , and plying his batteries against that side which is ...
Page 139
... fears and jealousies of self should arise , they are not to be fought against in the will of the creature ; but words and actions are to be brought to the light of Christ , that they may be there tried whether they have been 159.
... fears and jealousies of self should arise , they are not to be fought against in the will of the creature ; but words and actions are to be brought to the light of Christ , that they may be there tried whether they have been 159.
Page 151
... still extended , and his safe conduct of a poor and helpless creature home to my family and friends . I have also humbly to acknowledge the daily supplies every way afforded , " Profitable to me for " 151 LETTER LXII. ...
... still extended , and his safe conduct of a poor and helpless creature home to my family and friends . I have also humbly to acknowledge the daily supplies every way afforded , " Profitable to me for " 151 LETTER LXII. ...
Page 166
... creature , left to itself in the hour of bitter dis- tress , may seek and ask in vain . I had the favour of a letter , some time ago , from our mutual dear friend - he was ex- pecting to sail shortly in the Pigou . His let- ter was ...
... creature , left to itself in the hour of bitter dis- tress , may seek and ask in vain . I had the favour of a letter , some time ago , from our mutual dear friend - he was ex- pecting to sail shortly in the Pigou . His let- ter was ...
Page 172
... creatures to say , What doest thou ? but patiently to submit and bow in humble submission , and in a persuasion that the Judge of all the earth doeth right . It is glad tidings to me that ye are getting on so well , and no doubt , cause ...
... creatures to say , What doest thou ? but patiently to submit and bow in humble submission , and in a persuasion that the Judge of all the earth doeth right . It is glad tidings to me that ye are getting on so well , and no doubt , cause ...
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Page 178 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Page 59 - Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," these irregular and prodigious vagaries seem to bespeak a decay, and forebode, perhaps, not a very distant dissolution.
Page 133 - Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Page 142 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 237 - One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. For in the time of trouble he...
Page 14 - Many shall come from the east and west, and sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 243 - Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me...
Page 68 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 60 - And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Page 158 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.