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... experience , to kindle holy affections and desires in the youthful bosom . May every Reader , into whose hands these pages may come , be led by the Holy Spirit to lift up his heart to our reconciled God in Christ Jesus , with that ...
... experience , to kindle holy affections and desires in the youthful bosom . May every Reader , into whose hands these pages may come , be led by the Holy Spirit to lift up his heart to our reconciled God in Christ Jesus , with that ...
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... experience- " I find , then , a law , that when I would do good , evil is pre- sent with me . For to will is present with me ; but how to perform that which is good , I find not . " ( See Romans vii . 22—25 . ) You will see from this ...
... experience- " I find , then , a law , that when I would do good , evil is pre- sent with me . For to will is present with me ; but how to perform that which is good , I find not . " ( See Romans vii . 22—25 . ) You will see from this ...
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... experience , that Religion is not all comfort . But whence does this arise ? Assuredly from our own fault . But be well convinced of this - that there is no such thing as solid peace without Religion : and the comforts which attend ...
... experience , that Religion is not all comfort . But whence does this arise ? Assuredly from our own fault . But be well convinced of this - that there is no such thing as solid peace without Religion : and the comforts which attend ...
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... experience . It is an important subject for inquiry — and to this single point I will devote the whole of my present letter - Why some young persons grow well , and others grow ill , in the Divine Life . The kind of training they ...
... experience . It is an important subject for inquiry — and to this single point I will devote the whole of my present letter - Why some young persons grow well , and others grow ill , in the Divine Life . The kind of training they ...
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... experience ( and most have ) should bethink themselves of something more generous and disinterested . The inexperi- enced may , indeed , still meet with some disap- pointments , from their inability to fathom the motives of others as ...
... experience ( and most have ) should bethink themselves of something more generous and disinterested . The inexperi- enced may , indeed , still meet with some disap- pointments , from their inability to fathom the motives of others as ...
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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.