The Whole Works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel: To which is Added an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters Contained in the Whole, Volume 5A. Weir and A. McLean, 1770 - Presbyterian Church |
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Page 79
... persons over whom his providence hall watch in the difficulteft times , Ecclef . viii . 12 . 11. Doth our trusting in our own reafon , and making it ' our rule and meafure , breed fo many fears ? Why , the fear of God will take men off ...
... persons over whom his providence hall watch in the difficulteft times , Ecclef . viii . 12 . 11. Doth our trusting in our own reafon , and making it ' our rule and meafure , breed fo many fears ? Why , the fear of God will take men off ...
Page 95
... person that is invironed with rocks on every fide ? Yea , you will fay , but yet a rock is but a cold and barren refuge , tho other enemies cannot , yet hunger and thirst can invade and kill him there . No , in this rock is a ftorehouse ...
... person that is invironed with rocks on every fide ? Yea , you will fay , but yet a rock is but a cold and barren refuge , tho other enemies cannot , yet hunger and thirst can invade and kill him there . No , in this rock is a ftorehouse ...
Page 104
... persons of God's faithful ones among them , whom the Lord intended to preferve and hide in that common overthrow and defolation of the city , and these were to be all marked , man by man , be- fore the destroying angel was to begin his ...
... persons of God's faithful ones among them , whom the Lord intended to preferve and hide in that common overthrow and defolation of the city , and these were to be all marked , man by man , be- fore the destroying angel was to begin his ...
Page 107
... person , who yet walked day by day naked among them . So Luther , a poor monk , was made invincible , all the papal power could not touch him , for God hid him . All the world against one Atha- nafius , and yet not able to destroy him ...
... person , who yet walked day by day naked among them . So Luther , a poor monk , was made invincible , all the papal power could not touch him , for God hid him . All the world against one Atha- nafius , and yet not able to destroy him ...
Page 165
... person becomes precious and highly valuable in the eyes of God ; he appretiates and eftimates fuch a man as his peculiar treasure , which naturally and neceffarily draws and fpreads the wing of divine care over him for his protection ...
... person becomes precious and highly valuable in the eyes of God ; he appretiates and eftimates fuch a man as his peculiar treasure , which naturally and neceffarily draws and fpreads the wing of divine care over him for his protection ...
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Page 458 - I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land ; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Page 97 - With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early : for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Page 115 - Thou, O King, art a King of kings; for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, and the fowls of the heaven, hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
Page 114 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 233 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 142 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 245 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 377 - These things have I written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye have Eternal Life, and that ye may believe on the Name of the Son of God.
Page 152 - By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin...
Page 47 - Israel, Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; . and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour...