The Works of the Reverend Richard Sibbs ...: To which is Prefixed, a Short Memoir of the Author's Life. ...J. Chalmers & Company, 1809 |
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... means , under the name of north and fouth wind , to further the fruitfulness of his church . The wind is nature's fan ; what winds are to the garden , that the spirit of Chrift , in the use of means , is to the foul . From a comparison ...
... means , under the name of north and fouth wind , to further the fruitfulness of his church . The wind is nature's fan ; what winds are to the garden , that the spirit of Chrift , in the use of means , is to the foul . From a comparison ...
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... means . The spirit of Chrift , in the use of means , is a free agent , sometimes more strongly , fometimes more mild- ly , fometimes not at all - no creatur hath these winds in a bag at command ; and therefore it is wisdom to yield to ...
... means . The spirit of Chrift , in the use of means , is a free agent , sometimes more strongly , fometimes more mild- ly , fometimes not at all - no creatur hath these winds in a bag at command ; and therefore it is wisdom to yield to ...
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... means to dwell with us and delight in us . 2. And then also , we fhould not ftrive fo much for common liberties of the world , which common people delight in , but for peculiar graces , that God may delight in us as his garden . 3. And ...
... means to dwell with us and delight in us . 2. And then also , we fhould not ftrive fo much for common liberties of the world , which common people delight in , but for peculiar graces , that God may delight in us as his garden . 3. And ...
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... mean time let us labour to keep our hearts as a garden , that nothing that defileth may enter in which refpects the church is compared to a garden upon which Christ commands the North and South wind ( all the means of grace ) to blow ...
... mean time let us labour to keep our hearts as a garden , that nothing that defileth may enter in which refpects the church is compared to a garden upon which Christ commands the North and South wind ( all the means of grace ) to blow ...
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... means , wrought on the church before , and now further promoteth his own work . We must first take in , and then send out ; first be cifterns to contain , and then conduits to convey . The wind first blows , and then the spices of the ...
... means , wrought on the church before , and now further promoteth his own work . We must first take in , and then send out ; first be cifterns to contain , and then conduits to convey . The wind first blows , and then the spices of the ...
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Page 79 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 172 - The watchmen that went about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Page 342 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Page 38 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Page 191 - What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Page 342 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Page 156 - I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him ; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Page 210 - My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Page 2 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 149 - My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.