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... expecting youth to overlook their pleasure in their love of improvement , he aimed , in his public lectures , to unite entertainment with information . He happily combined brevity with fulness , and animation with exactness . He was ...
... expecting youth to overlook their pleasure in their love of improvement , he aimed , in his public lectures , to unite entertainment with information . He happily combined brevity with fulness , and animation with exactness . He was ...
Page 145
... expect similar and even greater wonders in the extraordinary dispensations of his grace ? Besides , though we cannot fully comprehend the divine conduct , or those doctrines , which relate to it ; yet we may know enough of these truths ...
... expect similar and even greater wonders in the extraordinary dispensations of his grace ? Besides , though we cannot fully comprehend the divine conduct , or those doctrines , which relate to it ; yet we may know enough of these truths ...
Page 156
... expect great deference , and resent the least contradiction from others , merely because we are raised above them in earthly riches and honour ; it is plain we overrate these trifling , adventitious things , in a very puerile and sinful ...
... expect great deference , and resent the least contradiction from others , merely because we are raised above them in earthly riches and honour ; it is plain we overrate these trifling , adventitious things , in a very puerile and sinful ...
Page 182
... expect it with pleasing emotions , but would regard it with in- difference or aversion ; that is , instead of hoping ... expecting , joyful desire of shortly awaking in his perfect likeness . The hope of seeing Christ , as he is , at his ...
... expect it with pleasing emotions , but would regard it with in- difference or aversion ; that is , instead of hoping ... expecting , joyful desire of shortly awaking in his perfect likeness . The hope of seeing Christ , as he is , at his ...
Page 184
... expect a harvest of another . If we sow tares , we cannot , without the greatest absurdity , expect to reap the finest of the wheat . In like manner , if we sow the seeds of vanity and sin in this life , which is the spring of our ...
... expect a harvest of another . If we sow tares , we cannot , without the greatest absurdity , expect to reap the finest of the wheat . In like manner , if we sow the seeds of vanity and sin in this life , which is the spring of our ...
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Page 127 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 137 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...
Page 233 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 114 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 263 - 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 : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 43 - Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Page 102 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Page 309 - And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things ; but one thing is needful. And Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.