| Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1847 - 298 pages
...noblest examples recorded in history. PRAYER. " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will corre to Thee for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them... | |
| Sir Daniel Wilson - Great Britain - 1848 - 334 pages
...thus heard by his attendants in prayer : — " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with thee through grace. And I may,...high a value upon me, though others wish and would be glad of my death ; Lord, however thou do dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for them.... | |
| Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1848 - 346 pages
...noblest examples recorded in history. PRAYER. " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, " I am in covenant with Thee through grace. And I may,...high a value upon me, though others wish " and would be glad of my death ; Lord, however Thou " do dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for " them.... | |
| J. T. Headley - Biography & Autobiography - 1848 - 498 pages
...himself in his anxiety for the church, prayed: "Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace. And I may...though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them good and Thee service : and many of them have set too high a value upon me, though others would wish... | |
| Frederic Myers - Biography - 1848 - 252 pages
...conclusion of his life : They were these : ' Lord, though I am a miserable sinner and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee, through Grace : and I may — I must — come unto Thee for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though so unworthy, an instrument to do... | |
| Joseph Fletcher - England - 1849 - 320 pages
...following is a specimen of his humble intercession : " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace. And I may,...high a value upon me, though others wish and would be glad of my death. Lord, however thou dost dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for them.... | |
| Sherman B. Canfield - 1850 - 212 pages
...peace ; and calmly he breathed forth the prayer : " Lord though I am a miserable wretched creature I am in covenant with thee through grace. And I may,...high a value upon me, though others wish and would be glad of my death ; Lord however thou do dispose ot me, continue and go on to do good for them. Give... | |
| Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle - Great Britain - 1850 - 544 pages
...the dying Oliver was heard uttering this PRAYER. Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant with Thee through grace. And I may,...high a value upon me, though others wish and would be glad of my death ; Lord, however Thou do. dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for them.... | |
| Electronic journals - 1911 - 588 pages
...writer* should have accepted it. The following interpolation in the prayer is clearly false : — " I may, I will come to Thee for Thy people> Thou hast...instrument to do them some good and Thee service." The genesis of this is shown by the following quotations : — " Whether or no Peter Sterry, the Court... | |
| James Goodeve Miall - 1851 - 382 pages
...he breathes forth the following prayer: — " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with thee, through grace. And I may, I will come unto thee for this people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some... | |
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