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... remarks , and thus do incal- culable mischief ; sapping , as it were , the very foundation of decision of character . Then , our own hearts , which are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked , suggest , that at some future ...
... remarks , and thus do incal- culable mischief ; sapping , as it were , the very foundation of decision of character . Then , our own hearts , which are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked , suggest , that at some future ...
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... Remark the expression- " I exercise myself . " It may some- times be a painful exercise ; but it will bring with it increasingly solid peace ; the testimony of a good conscience during life ; and , espe- 14 LETTER II .
... Remark the expression- " I exercise myself . " It may some- times be a painful exercise ; but it will bring with it increasingly solid peace ; the testimony of a good conscience during life ; and , espe- 14 LETTER II .
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... remarks , in the present letter , to the important subject of Temptation . Those who have gone furthest in their expe- rience and observation of the Christian warfare are bound to feel most anxiously for those who are following them in ...
... remarks , in the present letter , to the important subject of Temptation . Those who have gone furthest in their expe- rience and observation of the Christian warfare are bound to feel most anxiously for those who are following them in ...
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... them not have domi- nion over me : then shall I be upright , and I shall be innocent from the great transgression . " 4. With regard to Temptation , generally , I " The would remark that we have no Scriptural reason c 2 TEMPTATION . 27.
... them not have domi- nion over me : then shall I be upright , and I shall be innocent from the great transgression . " 4. With regard to Temptation , generally , I " The would remark that we have no Scriptural reason c 2 TEMPTATION . 27.
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William Jowett. " The would remark that we have no Scriptural reason , so far as I know , for supposing that any one kind of temptation is harder than another to be resisted and overcome . Each individual , it is true , thinks his own ...
William Jowett. " The would remark that we have no Scriptural reason , so far as I know , for supposing that any one kind of temptation is harder than another to be resisted and overcome . Each individual , it is true , thinks his own ...
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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.