Short Discourses to be Read in Families, Volume 2Oliver D. Cooke; Peter B. Gleason & Company printers, 1812 - Devotional literature |
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... once more with regard to his condition and circumstances - and you will find that he has rest . He is freed from those anxieties and disquietudes which devour others , who make the world their por- tion , and have no confidence in God ...
... once more with regard to his condition and circumstances - and you will find that he has rest . He is freed from those anxieties and disquietudes which devour others , who make the world their por- tion , and have no confidence in God ...
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... once we shall have them by and by . " -We are like the patriarchs , to declare PLAINLY that we seek a country - and not puzzle our neighbours to de- termine whether to consider us as at home , or only as strangers and pilgrims upon ...
... once we shall have them by and by . " -We are like the patriarchs , to declare PLAINLY that we seek a country - and not puzzle our neighbours to de- termine whether to consider us as at home , or only as strangers and pilgrims upon ...
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... once we imagined that we had seized the clue , and the skein of Providence seemed likely to be unravelled - but sud- denly we found it more entangled than before . And would any one now undertake to determine , what will be the state of ...
... once we imagined that we had seized the clue , and the skein of Providence seemed likely to be unravelled - but sud- denly we found it more entangled than before . And would any one now undertake to determine , what will be the state of ...
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... once in reality ? Who would wish to draw back a veil that saves them from so many disquietudes ? If some of you had formerly known the troubles through which you have since waded , you would have fainted under the prospect . - You say ...
... once in reality ? Who would wish to draw back a veil that saves them from so many disquietudes ? If some of you had formerly known the troubles through which you have since waded , you would have fainted under the prospect . - You say ...
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... once a stranger ; and he feels himself en- gaged in a warfare , which often perplexes him , and leads him to exclaim , if I am his , why am I thus ? Behold then the life of the real christian , and trace the operation of the power of ...
... once a stranger ; and he feels himself en- gaged in a warfare , which often perplexes him , and leads him to exclaim , if I am his , why am I thus ? Behold then the life of the real christian , and trace the operation of the power of ...
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Adoni-bezek afflictions Ahab appear art the guide behold believe Bezek blessed body brethren Canaan chariot of fire christian cometh comfort consider David death desire despise disciples DISCOURSE divine grace duty earth Egypt enemies enter eternal everlasting evil eyes faith Father favor fear feel fellow creatures flesh friends give glory godliness goeth gospel hand happiness hath hear heart heaven Hence holy holy spirit honor hope idolatry Israel Jesus Christ Jews king kingdom kingdom of God labor live mercy mind Nehemiah ness never Onesimus pass peace praise pray prayer promise reason receive rection rejoice religion remember render repentance rich righteous salvation says the apostle scripture Secondly seek servants shew sinner sins soul spirit suffer sure thee thine things thou art thou hast tion truth vanity vile body walk Wherefore wilt thou word yourselves
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Page 3 - Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Page 151 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 266 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 255 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 171 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 203 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 215 - And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so.
Page 246 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 183 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Page 221 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.