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... heaven 116 . ... ... 231 233 235 238 Archbishop Leighton to a Friend . Aspirations after perfect holiness 234 117. Dr. Doddridge to Mrs. Doddridge , who was at Bath for the recovery of her health . A beautiful picture of his happy state ...
... heaven 116 . ... ... 231 233 235 238 Archbishop Leighton to a Friend . Aspirations after perfect holiness 234 117. Dr. Doddridge to Mrs. Doddridge , who was at Bath for the recovery of her health . A beautiful picture of his happy state ...
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... heaven , endured in hell , or trans- acted throughout the whole universe of God , in his providence , and in his grace , by Himself or by his creatures ; and it is the memorial of a day , which has left upon every day that has succeeded ...
... heaven , endured in hell , or trans- acted throughout the whole universe of God , in his providence , and in his grace , by Himself or by his creatures ; and it is the memorial of a day , which has left upon every day that has succeeded ...
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... heaven ; through all the things that are seen discerning tokens and traces of things that are not seen ; feeling , meanwhile , that the dignity and value of the former must be pre- cisely in proportion to the relationship which they ...
... heaven ; through all the things that are seen discerning tokens and traces of things that are not seen ; feeling , meanwhile , that the dignity and value of the former must be pre- cisely in proportion to the relationship which they ...
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... heaven opened above him , and Jesus standing on the right hand of God , and , finally , when amidst the storm of stones which was demolishing his earthly tabernacle , the kneeling martyr , like his crucified Lord , into whose hands he ...
... heaven opened above him , and Jesus standing on the right hand of God , and , finally , when amidst the storm of stones which was demolishing his earthly tabernacle , the kneeling martyr , like his crucified Lord , into whose hands he ...
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... Heaven and earth shall pass away , but ( his ) words ( in these Epistles ) shall not pass away . " Of the present publication , it need only be said , that among its diversified contents are presented beautiful and affecting examples of ...
... Heaven and earth shall pass away , but ( his ) words ( in these Epistles ) shall not pass away . " Of the present publication , it need only be said , that among its diversified contents are presented beautiful and affecting examples of ...
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acquaintance affection affectionate affliction AUGUSTUS TOPLADY believe BERNARD GILPIN beseech BISHOP BISHOP BERKELEY blessed character Christian church comfort concerning conscience creature DAVID BRAINERD dear brother DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR death desire divine DODDRIDGE earth Epistles eternal evil eyes faith Father favour fear feel GEORGE WHITFIELD give glory God's gospel grace hand happy hath hear heart heartily heaven holy honour hope humble Jesus Christ JOHN BRADFORD JOHN HOWARD kind king LADY JANE GREY LETTER live Lord madam majesty mean season ment mercy mind ness never occasion Paul the apostle persons pleased pleasure Poultry Compter praise pray prayer preached prison racter rejoice religion RICHARD BAXTER servant sins sorrows soul spirit suffer tender thank things thou thought tion true trust truth unto wish witness Woburn Abbey word write
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Page lii - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, 1 gave my voice against them. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Page lv - 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 liii - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword ? Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Page 44 - Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
Page 115 - Whatever a misjudging world may say, such men as these will " shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever.
Page 80 - My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage ; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place, and indeed God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
Page xlvi - Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people; and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king: and then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
Page li - And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Page liii - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 174 - I train up my son in the ways of religion, and teach him what it is to " keep a conscience void of offence towards God, and towards man...