Essay on the Habitual Exercise of Love to God, Considered as a Preparation for Heaven |
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... taught the Scriptures , that , while God is infinite in power , and perfect in wisdom , he is himself a blind earth- worm - the very child of darkness and ignorance . He meets , therefore , only with what he expects , when he finds ...
... taught the Scriptures , that , while God is infinite in power , and perfect in wisdom , he is himself a blind earth- worm - the very child of darkness and ignorance . He meets , therefore , only with what he expects , when he finds ...
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... taught to trace all suffering of sin , as its original cause , he can admire the wisdom and loving- kindness of God , in establishing a method of govern ment over nature , of which the main tendency is still unquestionably found to be ...
... taught to trace all suffering of sin , as its original cause , he can admire the wisdom and loving- kindness of God , in establishing a method of govern ment over nature , of which the main tendency is still unquestionably found to be ...
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... taught of him in welcome sorrow as the means of their purification : and they are not left to suffer from it without sup- peat this Comforter is with them ; the celestial city 1. in their view , and the sunshine of Christianity ...
... taught of him in welcome sorrow as the means of their purification : and they are not left to suffer from it without sup- peat this Comforter is with them ; the celestial city 1. in their view , and the sunshine of Christianity ...
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... taught to look forward , with hope and confidence , to that still more solemn period , when Jesus " shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels , ” — when « he shall come to be glorified in his saints , and to be admired in all ...
... taught to look forward , with hope and confidence , to that still more solemn period , when Jesus " shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels , ” — when « he shall come to be glorified in his saints , and to be admired in all ...
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... ourselves , that we are taught to love the Son of God , but because of his intrinsic amiability - because of the beauty and divine perfection of his character . In hum- bling 6 Eph . v , 27 . 7 Jude 24 . IN REDEMPTION . 69 THE SON .
... ourselves , that we are taught to love the Son of God , but because of his intrinsic amiability - because of the beauty and divine perfection of his character . In hum- bling 6 Eph . v , 27 . 7 Jude 24 . IN REDEMPTION . 69 THE SON .
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Page 39 - I exceedingly fear and quake:) but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 44 - Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 105 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 28 - My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the King: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Page 56 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 49 - Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
Page 41 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for love is strong as death : jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 70 - Bring no more vain oblations: incense is an abomination unto me ; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with ; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Page 14 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 10 - Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?