The Whole Works of Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volume 4James Duncan, 1825 - Theology |
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... rests as in its natural place . But have you consciences that can lodge pride , and lust , and malice , and covetousness , and such like pollutions ? Then , be no more so impudent as to say , you believe , nor deceive yourselves so far ...
... rests as in its natural place . But have you consciences that can lodge pride , and lust , and malice , and covetousness , and such like pollutions ? Then , be no more so impudent as to say , you believe , nor deceive yourselves so far ...
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... rests on them , because they include Christ who is our rest and our peace ; as a man at once receives a ring and the precious stone that is set in it . This once rightly under- stood , any further dispute about placing faith in the ...
... rests on them , because they include Christ who is our rest and our peace ; as a man at once receives a ring and the precious stone that is set in it . This once rightly under- stood , any further dispute about placing faith in the ...
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... rest by worldly comfort , is , as Solomon com- pares his drunkard , like one that lies down in the midst of the sea , or , that sleepeth on the top of a mast : Prov . xxiii . 34 , he can have but unsettled rest and repose , that lies ...
... rest by worldly comfort , is , as Solomon com- pares his drunkard , like one that lies down in the midst of the sea , or , that sleepeth on the top of a mast : Prov . xxiii . 34 , he can have but unsettled rest and repose , that lies ...
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... rest and most perfect image , His Son , the character of His person , Heb . i . 3 . Now , this incarnation of the Word , the Son of God , is the foundation of all our hopes ; the sense of that great promise , The seed of the woman shall ...
... rest and most perfect image , His Son , the character of His person , Heb . i . 3 . Now , this incarnation of the Word , the Son of God , is the foundation of all our hopes ; the sense of that great promise , The seed of the woman shall ...
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... rest in their gestures , and visages , and tears , but drew the father vailed ; so here , the crucifying and death of our Saviour are expressed , but the unspeakable conflicts of his soul are vailed under the general term of suffering ...
... rest in their gestures , and visages , and tears , but drew the father vailed ; so here , the crucifying and death of our Saviour are expressed , but the unspeakable conflicts of his soul are vailed under the general term of suffering ...
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Page 273 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Page 285 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 32 - My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous...
Page 333 - Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Page 297 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Page 143 - God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Page 107 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth...
Page 365 - LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness ; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 66 - Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Page 276 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.