The last hours of eminent Christians, from the commencement of the Christian æra to the death of George III. |
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... duty and advantages of a preparation for death . Sherlock's admi- rable work will be found to anticipate all advice and ar- gument on the subject , and yet I cannot but commend " Farewell to Time , " as a well written and very useful ...
... duty and advantages of a preparation for death . Sherlock's admi- rable work will be found to anticipate all advice and ar- gument on the subject , and yet I cannot but commend " Farewell to Time , " as a well written and very useful ...
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... duty of patience and resigna- tion in the hour of sickness ; is it not much to be regretted that they have but ... duties of religion should be the chief business of life ; and correcting his no- tions of human felicity and greatness ...
... duty of patience and resigna- tion in the hour of sickness ; is it not much to be regretted that they have but ... duties of religion should be the chief business of life ; and correcting his no- tions of human felicity and greatness ...
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... duty ; and when the episcopal city was besieged by a great army , he encouraged his flock by his example and exhortations . He dreaded , nevertheless , lest Hippo should fall into the hands of the enemy , and prayed to God that he might ...
... duty ; and when the episcopal city was besieged by a great army , he encouraged his flock by his example and exhortations . He dreaded , nevertheless , lest Hippo should fall into the hands of the enemy , and prayed to God that he might ...
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... duties of investigating the affairs and giving audience to the ambassadors of various nations ; to pass judgment , threaten , and to advise , to honour and to punish , these were his constant employments during the hours of his last ...
... duties of investigating the affairs and giving audience to the ambassadors of various nations ; to pass judgment , threaten , and to advise , to honour and to punish , these were his constant employments during the hours of his last ...
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... duty , and serve God diligently , under whose eye are all things , and who rewards according to our deeds . He hath ever prospered a diligent ministry ; your dignity and honour have already , and must in future be advanced in proportion ...
... duty , and serve God diligently , under whose eye are all things , and who rewards according to our deeds . He hath ever prospered a diligent ministry ; your dignity and honour have already , and must in future be advanced in proportion ...
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Page 210 - I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Page 211 - Christ, and be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith...
Page 239 - I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day.
Page 465 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, And as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness; And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 213 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 147 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 102 - Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace : but when I speak, they are for war.
Page 222 - My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning : I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Page 212 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you, "but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 370 - I had friends who endeavoured to shake my belief in the Christian religion. I saw difficulties which staggered me; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion. I have made it the rule of my life, an*d it is the ground of my future hopes.