The Four Last Things, Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell: Practically Considered and Applied; to which is Added the Great Duty of Resignation to the Divine Will in Times of Affliction |
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... favours and blessings . ( 2 ) The fear of death oppresses the souls of men under a miserable bondage to the devil ; for his dominion is maintained by the allurements and ter- rors of the world . Though men do not explicitly acknowledge ...
... favours and blessings . ( 2 ) The fear of death oppresses the souls of men under a miserable bondage to the devil ; for his dominion is maintained by the allurements and ter- rors of the world . Though men do not explicitly acknowledge ...
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... favour are lost . As the Egyptian darkness was not merely from the absence of the sun , but from vapours condensing the air so that it might be felt ; so these dark and fear- ful expectations of the divine wrath are not only from the ...
... favour are lost . As the Egyptian darkness was not merely from the absence of the sun , but from vapours condensing the air so that it might be felt ; so these dark and fear- ful expectations of the divine wrath are not only from the ...
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... of holiness , he renews the will and affections , inspires the soul with divine and unutterable desires after the favour and grace of God , and communicates spiritual CHAP . V. ] Preparation for Death . [ DEATH 56 FOUR LAST THINGS .
... of holiness , he renews the will and affections , inspires the soul with divine and unutterable desires after the favour and grace of God , and communicates spiritual CHAP . V. ] Preparation for Death . [ DEATH 56 FOUR LAST THINGS .
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... favour , as that which is better than life and all the sweetest enjoyments of it ; and holiness is the powerful attractive of God's delightful love to us . Love is the principle of free , ingenuous , and joyful obedience . It was our ...
... favour , as that which is better than life and all the sweetest enjoyments of it ; and holiness is the powerful attractive of God's delightful love to us . Love is the principle of free , ingenuous , and joyful obedience . It was our ...
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... favour of God was intercepted from him , that it may shine upon us in that gloomy hour . And all his terrible sufferings , though foreknown by his enlightened mind , could not weaken his determined will to under- go them for us ; but ...
... favour of God was intercepted from him , that it may shine upon us in that gloomy hour . And all his terrible sufferings , though foreknown by his enlightened mind , could not weaken his determined will to under- go them for us ; but ...
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Page 309 - They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not...
Page 90 - Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.
Page 403 - There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Page 346 - 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 375 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 185 - But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life...
Page 14 - There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Page 148 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Page 31 - And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses ; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross ; and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Page 156 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.