The Works of the Rev. H. Scougal: Containing the Life of God in the Soul of Man; with Nine Other Discourses on Important Subjects, to which is Added, Sermon Preached at the Authors Funeral by George Gairden, and a Preface by Bishop Burnet |
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... speak well , we are not assured he thinks as he says , but do often suspect he is showing his wit or eloquence at our cost , that he may persuade us into some opinions that may prove gainful to himself . But when we see a man pursuing a ...
... speak well , we are not assured he thinks as he says , but do often suspect he is showing his wit or eloquence at our cost , that he may persuade us into some opinions that may prove gainful to himself . But when we see a man pursuing a ...
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... speak of religion , but I must lament , that among so many pretenders to it , so few understand what it means ; some placing it in the understanding , in orthodox notions and opinions ; and all the ac- count they can give of their ...
... speak of religion , but I must lament , that among so many pretenders to it , so few understand what it means ; some placing it in the understanding , in orthodox notions and opinions ; and all the ac- count they can give of their ...
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... speak a little of that natural or animal life which prevails in those who are strangers to the other and by this I understand nothing else , but our inclination and propension toward those things which are pleasing and acceptable to ...
... speak a little of that natural or animal life which prevails in those who are strangers to the other and by this I understand nothing else , but our inclination and propension toward those things which are pleasing and acceptable to ...
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... speak of his love and charity towards all men . But he who would ex- press it , must transcribe the history of the gospel , and comment upon it : for scarce any thing is re- corded to have been done or spoken by him , which was not ...
... speak of his love and charity towards all men . But he who would ex- press it , must transcribe the history of the gospel , and comment upon it : for scarce any thing is re- corded to have been done or spoken by him , which was not ...
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... speak of his meekness , who could encounter the monstrous ingratitude and dissimula- tion of that miscreant who betrayed him , in no harsher terms than these , Judas , betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss ? What further evidence ...
... speak of his meekness , who could encounter the monstrous ingratitude and dissimula- tion of that miscreant who betrayed him , in no harsher terms than these , Judas , betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss ? What further evidence ...
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Page 194 - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
Page 118 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 158 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Page 185 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Page 201 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 154 - Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Page 152 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 151 - Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands : and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; 7 All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Page 154 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 126 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.