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... led by the Holy Spirit to lift up his heart to our reconciled God in Christ Jesus , with that tender vow- " My Father , thou art the Guide of my youth ! " JANUARY , 1837 . CONTENTS . LETTER I. Earnestness and Decision . • LETTER.
... led by the Holy Spirit to lift up his heart to our reconciled God in Christ Jesus , with that tender vow- " My Father , thou art the Guide of my youth ! " JANUARY , 1837 . CONTENTS . LETTER I. Earnestness and Decision . • LETTER.
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... Christians , with an idea that it is comparatively easy for them to be pious ; that they are accus- tomed to it ; that they can scarcely help being good ; —also , that they are aided in their piety by having family obligations , and ...
... Christians , with an idea that it is comparatively easy for them to be pious ; that they are accus- tomed to it ; that they can scarcely help being good ; —also , that they are aided in their piety by having family obligations , and ...
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... Christ Jesus . " Seek , by earnest prayer , to obtain this energy . If you set out in your own strength , you will very soon find that all your attempts to be pious are but so many fits and starts . True resolution is a steady , quiet ...
... Christ Jesus . " Seek , by earnest prayer , to obtain this energy . If you set out in your own strength , you will very soon find that all your attempts to be pious are but so many fits and starts . True resolution is a steady , quiet ...
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... Christ , and a life of holiness , are growing comforts . This is the only yoke that is easy , the only burden that is light . Be thankful , even when you can only serve your Master with tears : for in his favour is life : weeping may ...
... Christ , and a life of holiness , are growing comforts . This is the only yoke that is easy , the only burden that is light . Be thankful , even when you can only serve your Master with tears : for in his favour is life : weeping may ...
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... Christ dwells in it richly in all wisdom . But among outward circumstances , there is not one that more certainly corrupts the heart , than the praise of our fellow - creatures ; more parti- cularly , praise for being religious ...
... Christ dwells in it richly in all wisdom . But among outward circumstances , there is not one that more certainly corrupts the heart , than the praise of our fellow - creatures ; more parti- cularly , praise for being religious ...
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Page 69 - GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright...
Page 27 - Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page 26 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 69 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 39 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Page 70 - Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 70 - ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us hoth outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls ; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord.