Sacred Classics, Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity: Spiritual perfectionJ. Hatchard&Son, 1834 - Christianity |
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Page viii
... heart ; " cannot but destroy the claims of self- ignorant arrogance , and lead to the humbling con- fession of the inspired psalmist , ' I have seen an end of all perfection : thy commandment is exceed- ing broad . ' Yet this conviction ...
... heart ; " cannot but destroy the claims of self- ignorant arrogance , and lead to the humbling con- fession of the inspired psalmist , ' I have seen an end of all perfection : thy commandment is exceed- ing broad . ' Yet this conviction ...
Page xxiv
... heart . He seeks not to surprise , to astound , to overpower : but he applies his calm and mild good sense to the greatest objects of faith , piety , and universal virtue . The book might even be called a familiar body of practical ...
... heart . He seeks not to surprise , to astound , to overpower : but he applies his calm and mild good sense to the greatest objects of faith , piety , and universal virtue . The book might even be called a familiar body of practical ...
Page xxxi
... Hearts . - There is an incomparable Difference between the good and evil things that are present , and those that are ... Heart , and fixed regularity of the Life , discover our pro- gress in Holiness . - According to our Love to God ...
... Hearts . - There is an incomparable Difference between the good and evil things that are present , and those that are ... Heart , and fixed regularity of the Life , discover our pro- gress in Holiness . - According to our Love to God ...
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... hearts are possessed by any kind of lusts . They are hurried by them against the reason and rest of their minds , to the commission of sin ; the most cruel and contumelious bondage , and the more shameful because voluntary . But they ...
... hearts are possessed by any kind of lusts . They are hurried by them against the reason and rest of their minds , to the commission of sin ; the most cruel and contumelious bondage , and the more shameful because voluntary . But they ...
Page 8
... they kill by tasting ; when the sweetness is vanished , the sting remains . Whereas the joy that proceeds from the exercise and improvement of Divine grace , and ' the love of God shed abroad in the heart 8 THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
... they kill by tasting ; when the sweetness is vanished , the sting remains . Whereas the joy that proceeds from the exercise and improvement of Divine grace , and ' the love of God shed abroad in the heart 8 THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
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Page xi - My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous...
Page 205 - I say unto you, my friends ; Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear. Fear him, which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell ; yea, I say unto you : Fear him.
Page 191 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 75 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain -glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 237 - Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Page 231 - In whose eyes a vile person is contemned ; But he honoureth them that fear the LORD.
Page 286 - Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?
Page 8 - See, then, the need of having the love of God shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost ! LUST.
Page 283 - If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Page 132 - The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they are foolishness to him : Neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.