The Works of Robt. Leighton, Volume 1W. Nicholson, 1805 - Theology |
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... seek for these only in which they " do or may agree . They may at least sow the " seeds of peace and unity , though they should " not live to reap the fruits of it in this world . " Blessed are the peace - makers , says the prince of ...
... seek for these only in which they " do or may agree . They may at least sow the " seeds of peace and unity , though they should " not live to reap the fruits of it in this world . " Blessed are the peace - makers , says the prince of ...
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... seek to ascertain and make sure things that cannot be made sure , and that which is both more worth , and may be made surer than them all , you will not endeavour to make sure . Hearken to the Apostle's advice , and at length set about ...
... seek to ascertain and make sure things that cannot be made sure , and that which is both more worth , and may be made surer than them all , you will not endeavour to make sure . Hearken to the Apostle's advice , and at length set about ...
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... seek that com- fortable assurance of the love of God . Therefore , make your calling sure , and by that your election ; for that being done , this follows of itself . We are not to pry immediately into the decree , but to read it in the ...
... seek that com- fortable assurance of the love of God . Therefore , make your calling sure , and by that your election ; for that being done , this follows of itself . We are not to pry immediately into the decree , but to read it in the ...
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... seek it , follow earnestly after holiness , without which no man shall see the Lord . Grace unto you and peace be multiplied . ] It hath always been a civil custom amongst men , to season their intercourse with good wishes one for ...
... seek it , follow earnestly after holiness , without which no man shall see the Lord . Grace unto you and peace be multiplied . ] It hath always been a civil custom amongst men , to season their intercourse with good wishes one for ...
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... seek a share in this grace , the free love of God , and the sure evidences of it within you , the fruit of holiness , and the graces of his Spirit . But the most of us are otherwise taken up : we will not be convinced , how basely and ...
... seek a share in this grace , the free love of God , and the sure evidences of it within you , the fruit of holiness , and the graces of his Spirit . But the most of us are otherwise taken up : we will not be convinced , how basely and ...
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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...