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... wisdom , and by habits of fervent , frequent , persevering prayer , our heads and hearts are prepared for it , and would nat- urally constrain us to it , but because others are working , the world is busy , and we ask , what will men ...
... wisdom , and by habits of fervent , frequent , persevering prayer , our heads and hearts are prepared for it , and would nat- urally constrain us to it , but because others are working , the world is busy , and we ask , what will men ...
Page xv
... wisdom , he thought he understood them pretty well ; but , after much study of com- mentators , he was infinitely more perplexed than before . With what a holy emphasis would Leighton exclaim , in comment- ing upon those words of David ...
... wisdom , he thought he understood them pretty well ; but , after much study of com- mentators , he was infinitely more perplexed than before . With what a holy emphasis would Leighton exclaim , in comment- ing upon those words of David ...
Page xix
... wisdom than his own to carve out his earthly lot . " If we are born to worldly greatnesses , let us even take them , and endeavor to make friends with them who shall stand us in good stead , when we are put out of our stewardship : but ...
... wisdom than his own to carve out his earthly lot . " If we are born to worldly greatnesses , let us even take them , and endeavor to make friends with them who shall stand us in good stead , when we are put out of our stewardship : but ...
Page xxii
... wisdom . " Being once interrogated about the saints reigning with Christ , he tried to elude the question by merely replying , " If we suffer with him , we shall also reign with him . " Pressed , however , to give his opinion , whether ...
... wisdom . " Being once interrogated about the saints reigning with Christ , he tried to elude the question by merely replying , " If we suffer with him , we shall also reign with him . " Pressed , however , to give his opinion , whether ...
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... wisdom pleas- ed him more than that of Seneca : " Illa dies , quam ut supremam metuisses , æternitatis natalis est . " * His alacrity to depart result- ed from his earnest desire to " see and enjoy perfection in the perfect sense of it ...
... wisdom pleas- ed him more than that of Seneca : " Illa dies , quam ut supremam metuisses , æternitatis natalis est . " * His alacrity to depart result- ed from his earnest desire to " see and enjoy perfection in the perfect sense of it ...
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Page 122 - ... searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 277 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 129 - Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Page 143 - Man that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one.
Page 84 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin...
Page 402 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing, for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 71 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 388 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page liii - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 183 - Christ ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.