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... earth , or in heaven ? Which holds the highest place in my affections ? God , or the world ? The riches that make to themselves wings , and fly away ? Or , the unsearchable riches of Christ ? Let us be quite sure of this God will not ...
... earth , or in heaven ? Which holds the highest place in my affections ? God , or the world ? The riches that make to themselves wings , and fly away ? Or , the unsearchable riches of Christ ? Let us be quite sure of this God will not ...
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... earth sin and sorrow go hand in hand . Elimelech , we may be sure , was not happy in Moab ; and no man is ever really happy in departure from God . Alas ! there is such witchery in sin that men put off , like Elimelech , the day of ...
... earth sin and sorrow go hand in hand . Elimelech , we may be sure , was not happy in Moab ; and no man is ever really happy in departure from God . Alas ! there is such witchery in sin that men put off , like Elimelech , the day of ...
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... cloudy day , and when others , who had trusted in God , were safe , ' their place on earth knew them no more . " They had died unwept , and uncared for , amongst an alien people , who knew not their God . 18 ELIMELECH ,
... cloudy day , and when others , who had trusted in God , were safe , ' their place on earth knew them no more . " They had died unwept , and uncared for , amongst an alien people , who knew not their God . 18 ELIMELECH ,
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... earth , and nurture us for heaven : God's people have ever found it so . There is a beautiful passage in a striking sermon , by a living writer , on the text , " I will make thy windows of agates , " ( Isa . liv , 12 , ) which may be ...
... earth , and nurture us for heaven : God's people have ever found it so . There is a beautiful passage in a striking sermon , by a living writer , on the text , " I will make thy windows of agates , " ( Isa . liv , 12 , ) which may be ...
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... earth are obscured , but painted in hues of living light on these windows - hues that bathe the soul with their splendour - are the sublime scenes of the life and death of the Redeemer - scenes well fitted to hide the world by their ...
... earth are obscured , but painted in hues of living light on these windows - hues that bathe the soul with their splendour - are the sublime scenes of the life and death of the Redeemer - scenes well fitted to hide the world by their ...
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Page 110 - I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Page 93 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ...
Page 92 - Albeit that good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's Judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith; insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.
Page 159 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia : for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 34 - And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi ? 20 And she said unto them, call me not Naomi, call me Mara : for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Page 92 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 116 - When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, ami for the widow ; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Page 57 - For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them, not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 160 - And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me. Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Page 63 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God...