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... brethren , I must beg of you to observe these two things : I. That there is in the fulnefs of the Godhead an in- finite and endless variety even for the employment of our intellectual powers . Well might Zophar , in the book of Job ...
... brethren , I must beg of you to observe these two things : I. That there is in the fulnefs of the Godhead an in- finite and endless variety even for the employment of our intellectual powers . Well might Zophar , in the book of Job ...
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... brethren , man was made for living upon God ; for- getting this , he first went aftray from him . Self - fufficien- cy , and a delufive fenfe of independence , is infeparable from a finful ftate . Conviction levels a blow at the foun ...
... brethren , man was made for living upon God ; for- getting this , he first went aftray from him . Self - fufficien- cy , and a delufive fenfe of independence , is infeparable from a finful ftate . Conviction levels a blow at the foun ...
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... brethren , we are now come to the very fubftance of practical religion . The glory of an all - fufficient God , appears as more than a balance to all that pretends to rival him in our affections ; to all that we are called to give up ...
... brethren , we are now come to the very fubftance of practical religion . The glory of an all - fufficient God , appears as more than a balance to all that pretends to rival him in our affections ; to all that we are called to give up ...
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... brethren , all the works of God are great and marvellous , worthy of the attention and admira- tion of his rational creatures . The contemplation of what is now revealed of him , is the nobleft employment of which we are capable in this ...
... brethren , all the works of God are great and marvellous , worthy of the attention and admira- tion of his rational creatures . The contemplation of what is now revealed of him , is the nobleft employment of which we are capable in this ...
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... brethren , is further confirmed , by fome paffages which are recorded toward the close of his life , when he drew near to the concluding fcene of his fufferings , Matt . xvi . 21. " From that time " forth began Jefus to fhew unto his ...
... brethren , is further confirmed , by fome paffages which are recorded toward the close of his life , when he drew near to the concluding fcene of his fufferings , Matt . xvi . 21. " From that time " forth began Jefus to fhew unto his ...
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Page 155 - For I delight in the law of God after the inward man ; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 177 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
Page 82 - And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
Page 26 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, "Lo, I come:" in the volume of the book it is written of me, "I delight to do thy will, O my God." Yea, thy law is within my heart: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
Page 561 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 56 - I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not. For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Page 249 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 26 - And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof.' 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
Page 56 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 14 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...