Maxims and gleanings from the writings of John Keble, selected by C.M.S.

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Page 75 - If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed : for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Page 24 - For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found : but in the great waterfloods they shall not come nigh him. 8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt preserve me from trouble : thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
Page 45 - The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond : it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars ; whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Page 95 - LORD, thou hast searched me out, and known me : thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising ; thou understandest my thoughts long before. 2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed ; and spiest out all my ways.
Page 109 - ... and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, " This is the way, walk ye in it," when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Page 46 - The ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me : but I will consider thy testimonies. 96 I see that all things come to an end : but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
Page 10 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...
Page 114 - Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these, ye did it unto me.
Page 79 - God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able, but will, with the temptation, make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Page 95 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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