The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme, Volume 12J. Duncan, 1830 - Theology |
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... hell , ( being matters of such unspeakable concernment ) should in reason command our utmost diligence to the hazard or loss of the transitory vanities below ; and conse- quently that a holy , diligent preparation for another life , is ...
... hell , ( being matters of such unspeakable concernment ) should in reason command our utmost diligence to the hazard or loss of the transitory vanities below ; and conse- quently that a holy , diligent preparation for another life , is ...
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... hell were open to their sight . No man will play the adulterer in the face of the assembly : the chaste and unchaste seem there alike : and so they would do if they saw the face of the most dreadful God . No thanks to any of you all to ...
... hell were open to their sight . No man will play the adulterer in the face of the assembly : the chaste and unchaste seem there alike : and so they would do if they saw the face of the most dreadful God . No thanks to any of you all to ...
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... hell , than to suffer any temporal calamity . And therefore he fears it more , doth more to avoid it ; and is more cast down by the fears of God's displeasure , than by the feelings of these present sufferings . As Noah did for his ...
... hell , than to suffer any temporal calamity . And therefore he fears it more , doth more to avoid it ; and is more cast down by the fears of God's displeasure , than by the feelings of these present sufferings . As Noah did for his ...
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... hell , and there- fore the senseless soul goes on as fearlessly and merrily to the unquenchable fire , as if he were in the safest way . This image of faith annihilateth the most potent objects , as to any due impression on the soul ...
... hell , and there- fore the senseless soul goes on as fearlessly and merrily to the unquenchable fire , as if he were in the safest way . This image of faith annihilateth the most potent objects , as to any due impression on the soul ...
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... hell would make them be ! O what a comfortable converse would it be , if I might but join in prayer , praise and holy conference one day or hour , with a person that had seen the Lord , and been in heaven , and borne a part in the ...
... hell would make them be ! O what a comfortable converse would it be , if I might but join in prayer , praise and holy conference one day or hour , with a person that had seen the Lord , and been in heaven , and borne a part in the ...
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Page 73 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season : esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt ; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 251 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 492 - KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 250 - Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Page 272 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 399 - For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness ; whose end shall be according to their works.
Page 48 - He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe in that day.
Page 258 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Page 258 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind ; to set at liberty them that are bruised. To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 11 - Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.