The spiritual lifeSamuel Bentley, Press, 1834 - 295 pages |
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... outward advantages . 111 The Understanding may possess some Knowledge of his Laws . 112 · The Heart may feel some reverence for his authority . And yet His character may be little understood 113 114 The Removal of this ignorance is ...
... outward advantages . 111 The Understanding may possess some Knowledge of his Laws . 112 · The Heart may feel some reverence for his authority . And yet His character may be little understood 113 114 The Removal of this ignorance is ...
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... outward activity becomes the admiration of our fel- low men , —or of ourselves . The breathings of the spirit may be few and languid , while the pulsations of the animal life may be strong and frequent . We may be giving out supplies to ...
... outward activity becomes the admiration of our fel- low men , —or of ourselves . The breathings of the spirit may be few and languid , while the pulsations of the animal life may be strong and frequent . We may be giving out supplies to ...
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... outward circumstances , and the humours of the animal sensibility , an alternation of religious ague - fits , and in the end a mere voluptuous sel- fishness . Piety , then , is neither knowledge merely of doc- trinal truth , nor ...
... outward circumstances , and the humours of the animal sensibility , an alternation of religious ague - fits , and in the end a mere voluptuous sel- fishness . Piety , then , is neither knowledge merely of doc- trinal truth , nor ...
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... outward manifestations of his power and his kindness , to seek the Lord if haply you may feel after him and find him , there , from whence he is not far , within yourself ? Do you feel that the human heart was made for God , and cannot ...
... outward manifestations of his power and his kindness , to seek the Lord if haply you may feel after him and find him , there , from whence he is not far , within yourself ? Do you feel that the human heart was made for God , and cannot ...
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... outward sources which may be soon dried up , but from the living spring which shall be unlocked within his soul , ( as Solomon means when he declares , ' the good man shall be satisfied from himself , ' ) — " from his inmost being ...
... outward sources which may be soon dried up , but from the living spring which shall be unlocked within his soul , ( as Solomon means when he declares , ' the good man shall be satisfied from himself , ' ) — " from his inmost being ...
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Page 63 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 50 - Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they through Grace obey the calling...
Page 225 - I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients because I keep thy precepts.
Page 105 - In this was manifested the love of GOD towards us, because that GOD sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved GOD, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 175 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword ? Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Page 209 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...
Page 261 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another:, he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Page 34 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, And floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, And my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, As willows by the water courses.
Page 232 - For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female : for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Page 172 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.