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... thing needful . Re- member the forbearance of God towards you in days past . Young as you are , yet might not Justice have said of you , as of a barren fig- tree , " Cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground " ? But the intercession of ...
... thing needful . Re- member the forbearance of God towards you in days past . Young as you are , yet might not Justice have said of you , as of a barren fig- tree , " Cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground " ? But the intercession of ...
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... things and desperately wicked , suggest , that at some future , more convenient season , and under more favourable circumstances , it will be more easy for us to be religious ; that we will then be quite religious ; nay , eminently so ...
... things and desperately wicked , suggest , that at some future , more convenient season , and under more favourable circumstances , it will be more easy for us to be religious ; that we will then be quite religious ; nay , eminently so ...
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... things ; -I would not have you think other- wise ; but these many helps cannot , of them- selves , make the character decided ; any more than putting on a soldier's armour can make a man bold . The natural corruption of the heart is as ...
... things ; -I would not have you think other- wise ; but these many helps cannot , of them- selves , make the character decided ; any more than putting on a soldier's armour can make a man bold . The natural corruption of the heart is as ...
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... and that is the worst thing that can happen to us . We must be content to act like little child- ren , trying to walk : they stumble , but are up again ; they totter , but catch hold of a ENCOURAGEMENTS AND CAUTIONS . 11.
... and that is the worst thing that can happen to us . We must be content to act like little child- ren , trying to walk : they stumble , but are up again ; they totter , but catch hold of a ENCOURAGEMENTS AND CAUTIONS . 11.
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... thing . " This doctrine , however , greatly offends our natural pride . If we could claim the merit of never sinning , such a notion of our character would give us some- thing to boast of ; but fallen man is never al- lowed , by the ...
... thing . " This doctrine , however , greatly offends our natural pride . If we could claim the merit of never sinning , such a notion of our character would give us some- thing to boast of ; but fallen man is never al- lowed , by the ...
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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.