The Whole Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Leighton: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, Volume 3James Duncan, 1825 - Theology |
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... thee , than the wicked will be upon thee , seeking to kill him with perse- cuting malice , with scoffs and taunts at the least . Obs . 9. All his motions are by divine direction . Thus , his saints in all times , particularly in times ...
... thee , than the wicked will be upon thee , seeking to kill him with perse- cuting malice , with scoffs and taunts at the least . Obs . 9. All his motions are by divine direction . Thus , his saints in all times , particularly in times ...
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... thee His true address , and direct thee right to Him , as here the scribes and priests did these inquirers . Again , observe , how God takes hold of men by suitable ways . His call does not lie wholly in the congruity of the means , but ...
... thee His true address , and direct thee right to Him , as here the scribes and priests did these inquirers . Again , observe , how God takes hold of men by suitable ways . His call does not lie wholly in the congruity of the means , but ...
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... thee , deride and mock thee , yea , though they smite and wound thee , yet , if once thou hast found the sweetness of his love , or but heard his voice speaking to thy heart and desiring it to open to him , thou wilt not leave off thy ...
... thee , deride and mock thee , yea , though they smite and wound thee , yet , if once thou hast found the sweetness of his love , or but heard his voice speaking to thy heart and desiring it to open to him , thou wilt not leave off thy ...
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... thee to have made a gift of it to him . He shall frame it to his own likeness , and in return will give thee himself , and be thine for ever . CHAPTER III . ALTHOUGH the enemies of Jesus Christ , and , for a time , even his friends and ...
... thee to have made a gift of it to him . He shall frame it to his own likeness , and in return will give thee himself , and be thine for ever . CHAPTER III . ALTHOUGH the enemies of Jesus Christ , and , for a time , even his friends and ...
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... thee , yet the appointment of God obliges thee to attend as humbly and regardfully to his mi- nistry as if he were an angel . John recoils a little . Thus , truly , as he in regard to the per- son , so will every humbled , self ...
... thee , yet the appointment of God obliges thee to attend as humbly and regardfully to his mi- nistry as if he were an angel . John recoils a little . Thus , truly , as he in regard to the per- son , so will every humbled , self ...
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Page 3 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Page 192 - 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 456 - For the love of Christ constraineth us —because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.
Page 365 - 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 60 - The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Page 184 - Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness : therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Page 169 - ... and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly ; and delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked : (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds...
Page 377 - 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 402 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground...