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... thou increased thy riches , and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches , Ezek . xxviii , 5 . This dexterity of gathering riches , where it is not attended with the Christian art of rightly using them , abases men's souls , and ...
... thou increased thy riches , and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches , Ezek . xxviii , 5 . This dexterity of gathering riches , where it is not attended with the Christian art of rightly using them , abases men's souls , and ...
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... thou me : if I have done iniquity , I will do no more . THE great sin , as well as the great misery of man , is the forgetting of God ; and the great end and use of his works and of his word is , to teach us the right remem- brance and ...
... thou me : if I have done iniquity , I will do no more . THE great sin , as well as the great misery of man , is the forgetting of God ; and the great end and use of his works and of his word is , to teach us the right remem- brance and ...
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... thou preserver of men ? If I wash myself with snow - water , and make my hands never so clean , yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch , and mine own clothes shall abhor me . Vain foolish persons fret and foam at the miscarriage of a ...
... thou preserver of men ? If I wash myself with snow - water , and make my hands never so clean , yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch , and mine own clothes shall abhor me . Vain foolish persons fret and foam at the miscarriage of a ...
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... Thou hast chastised me , and I was chastised : turn thou me , and I shall be turned ! Words like these would stir his bowels ; is said , that one string perfectly tuned to another , being touched , the other stirs of itself . When a ...
... Thou hast chastised me , and I was chastised : turn thou me , and I shall be turned ! Words like these would stir his bowels ; is said , that one string perfectly tuned to another , being touched , the other stirs of itself . When a ...
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... thou me . The great article of conversion is the disengagement of the heart from the love of sin . In that posture , as it actually forsakes what- soever it perceives to be amiss , so it stands in an abso- lute readiness to return to ...
... thou me . The great article of conversion is the disengagement of the heart from the love of sin . In that posture , as it actually forsakes what- soever it perceives to be amiss , so it stands in an abso- lute readiness to return to ...
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Page 327 - 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.
Page 232 - Create in me a clean heart, 0 God ; and renew a right spirit within me.
Page 149 - He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Page 269 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 169 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 122 - Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 237 - And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Page 109 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 280 - For thus saith the Lord GOD, the holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved ; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength ; and ye would not.
Page 250 - For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained when God taketh away his soul ? 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?