The Works of Robt. Leighton, Volume 1W. Nicholson, 1805 - Theology |
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... chuse but follow it , not unlike that of Elijah's mantle upon Elisha * . How easily did the disciples forsake their callings and dwellings to follow Christ ? The Spirit of God draws a man out of the world by a sanctified light sent into ...
... chuse but follow it , not unlike that of Elijah's mantle upon Elisha * . How easily did the disciples forsake their callings and dwellings to follow Christ ? The Spirit of God draws a man out of the world by a sanctified light sent into ...
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... chuses God for his delight and portion , may conclude confidently , that God hath chosen him to be one of those that shall enjoy him , and be happy in him for ever : for that our love , and electing of him , is but the return and ...
... chuses God for his delight and portion , may conclude confidently , that God hath chosen him to be one of those that shall enjoy him , and be happy in him for ever : for that our love , and electing of him , is but the return and ...
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... chuse but find it within you , and in such a measure as to swallow up all your temporary sorrows , how great and how many soever their causes be . We are then to consider severally those bitter waters , and sweet , this sorrow , and ...
... chuse but find it within you , and in such a measure as to swallow up all your temporary sorrows , how great and how many soever their causes be . We are then to consider severally those bitter waters , and sweet , this sorrow , and ...
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... chuse for their re- fuge and comfort , are such as may change them- selves , and turn into discomfort and sorrow ; but the godly man ( that is , the fool in the natural man's eyes ) goes beyond all the rest in his wise 62 A Commentary ...
... chuse for their re- fuge and comfort , are such as may change them- selves , and turn into discomfort and sorrow ; but the godly man ( that is , the fool in the natural man's eyes ) goes beyond all the rest in his wise 62 A Commentary ...
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... chuses this comparison , as fitting his purpose for both , for the illustration of the worth of faith , and like- wise the use of temptations , representing the one by gold , and the other by the trying of gold in the fire . The worth ...
... chuses this comparison , as fitting his purpose for both , for the illustration of the worth of faith , and like- wise the use of temptations , representing the one by gold , and the other by the trying of gold in the fire . The worth ...
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Page 43 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 421 - Likewise, .ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life ; that your prayers be not hindered.
Page 405 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Page 39 - And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again ; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Page 109 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 432 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded : and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 152 - Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot : who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Page 163 - Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Page 214 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made...
Page 468 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it...