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Page 69
... honour - and but a picture indeed ; for true honour is to be great in the sight of God : and others see in it the shadow of riches and but a shadow indeed ; for durable riches stand , as one of the maids of Wisdom , " upon her left hand ...
... honour - and but a picture indeed ; for true honour is to be great in the sight of God : and others see in it the shadow of riches and but a shadow indeed ; for durable riches stand , as one of the maids of Wisdom , " upon her left hand ...
Page 70
... honour you above many of his dear children . Therefore your part is , in this case , ( seeing God taketh nothing from you but what He is to supply with his own presence ) to beseech your Lord to take his own place in the room of your ...
... honour you above many of his dear children . Therefore your part is , in this case , ( seeing God taketh nothing from you but what He is to supply with his own presence ) to beseech your Lord to take his own place in the room of your ...
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... honoured by me in giving a testimony . I was will- ing to do him more service ; but seeing he will have no more of my labours , I pray for grace to learn to . be acquainted with misery , if I may give so rough a name to such a mark of ...
... honoured by me in giving a testimony . I was will- ing to do him more service ; but seeing he will have no more of my labours , I pray for grace to learn to . be acquainted with misery , if I may give so rough a name to such a mark of ...
Page 86
... honour that I have prayed for these six- teen years , with submission to my Lord's will , my kind Lord has now bestowed upon me - even to suffer for the Lord Jesus , and for the freedom of that kingdom , that his Father hath given him ...
... honour that I have prayed for these six- teen years , with submission to my Lord's will , my kind Lord has now bestowed upon me - even to suffer for the Lord Jesus , and for the freedom of that kingdom , that his Father hath given him ...
Page 89
... honoured you with . You have gotten the best of Christ's good things : he hath given you a Benjamin's portion . And howbeit you get strokes from your Lord , yet believe his love more than your own feeling ; for this world can take ...
... honoured you with . You have gotten the best of Christ's good things : he hath given you a Benjamin's portion . And howbeit you get strokes from your Lord , yet believe his love more than your own feeling ; for this world can take ...
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Page vii - And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day...
Page v - Jesus arose and followed him, and so did his disciples. (And behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment : For she said within herself, if I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
Page 61 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
Page 367 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Page v - And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Page 359 - Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts.
Page 369 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 79 - I beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Page 369 - And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, And to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.
Page 353 - Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father ; 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.