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... soul lively and ar- dent in its pursuits , and enriched with those qualities which the world highly esteems , and pro- nounces to be very good . But the Spirit of Christ , who seeth not as man seeth , found them in their natural state ...
... soul lively and ar- dent in its pursuits , and enriched with those qualities which the world highly esteems , and pro- nounces to be very good . But the Spirit of Christ , who seeth not as man seeth , found them in their natural state ...
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... soul in life , and suffereth not our feet to slip ? ” And now again for a short season , which was to prove the last , the subject of these memoirs found himself under his father's roof : " I had sipped a little , " to use his own ...
... soul in life , and suffereth not our feet to slip ? ” And now again for a short season , which was to prove the last , the subject of these memoirs found himself under his father's roof : " I had sipped a little , " to use his own ...
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... soul was called forth into action , and beamed on every countenance . The liveliest congratulations passed from friend to friend ; attachments formed under the cloud of ad- versity , and strengthened by a long course of sym- pathetic ...
... soul was called forth into action , and beamed on every countenance . The liveliest congratulations passed from friend to friend ; attachments formed under the cloud of ad- versity , and strengthened by a long course of sym- pathetic ...
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... souls , and are qualified to communicate the sacred flame to others , is now frequented , and upheld by senators and presi- dents . In all ages , the written word of God without a preacher to expound it to the understandings , and apply ...
... souls , and are qualified to communicate the sacred flame to others , is now frequented , and upheld by senators and presi- dents . In all ages , the written word of God without a preacher to expound it to the understandings , and apply ...
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... soul , and that he had been rescued from a * The causes of salvation , and the consequents of a justify- ing faith , as they arise out of each other in a beautiful order and connection are accurately summed up in a series of negative ...
... soul , and that he had been rescued from a * The causes of salvation , and the consequents of a justify- ing faith , as they arise out of each other in a beautiful order and connection are accurately summed up in a series of negative ...
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Page 250 - There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Page 209 - Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 127 - I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Page 138 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 135 - For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Page 240 - Yes, Thou art precious to my soul, My transport and my trust ; Jewels to Thee are gaudy toys, And gold is sordid dust. 3...
Page 93 - The eternal God is thy refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms : And he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; And shall say, Destroy them.
Page 125 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee : because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever : for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...
Page 134 - 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 128 - If his children forsake My law, and walk not in My judgments, if they break My statutes, and keep not My commandments; then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless My lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail.