A Series of Discourses on the Leading Doctrines and Duties of Christianity, Volume 3Dodd, Rumsey and Stevenson, 1815 - Presbyterian Church |
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... glory of his grace ? " Amidst the numerous failures with which we are . chargeable , the omission or the imperfect discharge of duty , have we constant recourse to the blood of his cross for the new pardon before God , and new peace to ...
... glory of his grace ? " Amidst the numerous failures with which we are . chargeable , the omission or the imperfect discharge of duty , have we constant recourse to the blood of his cross for the new pardon before God , and new peace to ...
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... glory of God ? " In proportion therefore as faith is strong love will be ardent in the heaven - born soul ; Each recollection which the christian has of his former character and condition as a child of wrath ; each contemplation of what ...
... glory of God ? " In proportion therefore as faith is strong love will be ardent in the heaven - born soul ; Each recollection which the christian has of his former character and condition as a child of wrath ; each contemplation of what ...
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... he ardently aspires after holiness as his duty , and glory , and privi- lege . It is to him the source of deep hu- miliation and sorrow , that he cannot be more spiritual in his desires , more circumspect in his deportment 28.
... he ardently aspires after holiness as his duty , and glory , and privi- lege . It is to him the source of deep hu- miliation and sorrow , that he cannot be more spiritual in his desires , more circumspect in his deportment 28.
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... glory . Faith which purifieth the heart is also re- presented as " overcoming the world . " The believer , elevated on the wings of a lively faith and hope , soars above the world with its empty honors and joys , and realizes the ...
... glory . Faith which purifieth the heart is also re- presented as " overcoming the world . " The believer , elevated on the wings of a lively faith and hope , soars above the world with its empty honors and joys , and realizes the ...
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... glory and happiness of my nature : I may know whether I truly and fervently love the Lord God , whether I take pleasure in meditating upon him as my friend and Father , in reading of him in the promises , in praying to him in the closet ...
... glory and happiness of my nature : I may know whether I truly and fervently love the Lord God , whether I take pleasure in meditating upon him as my friend and Father , in reading of him in the promises , in praying to him in the closet ...
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Page 159 - Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket, and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Page 37 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 218 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 157 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 99 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 224 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 54 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14. Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 390 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is 'turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Page 298 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 224 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.