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JAN . 3 . - Little children , keep yourselves from idols . Amen . — 1 John v . 21 .
Idolatry is founded in ignorance of Jesus , the true God , and eternal life . None
are spiritual worshippers of God , but believers in Jesus . There are JANUARY 3 .
JAN . 3 . - Little children , keep yourselves from idols . Amen . — 1 John v . 21 .
Idolatry is founded in ignorance of Jesus , the true God , and eternal life . None
are spiritual worshippers of God , but believers in Jesus . There are JANUARY 3 .
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But , in reading this very exhortation , the idol of free - will is ready to present itself
: as though disciples , by their own power , were to keep themselves . This notion
opposes the Spirit and power of Jesus , and springs from that grand idol , pride ...
But , in reading this very exhortation , the idol of free - will is ready to present itself
: as though disciples , by their own power , were to keep themselves . This notion
opposes the Spirit and power of Jesus , and springs from that grand idol , pride ...
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Without this constant circumspection , we betray the greatest folly , and make sad
work for future grief and repentance . Lord , keep us from this ! Time is the gift of
God . It is too precious a jewel to be , worse than idly , lavished away upon vanity
...
Without this constant circumspection , we betray the greatest folly , and make sad
work for future grief and repentance . Lord , keep us from this ! Time is the gift of
God . It is too precious a jewel to be , worse than idly , lavished away upon vanity
...
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This notion keeps the soul always in suspense . It may flatter it with a
Peradventure God will accept me ; but there is not the least ground for hope of
acceptance upon such a human system . It springs from the corrupt reasonings of
man , is ...
This notion keeps the soul always in suspense . It may flatter it with a
Peradventure God will accept me ; but there is not the least ground for hope of
acceptance upon such a human system . It springs from the corrupt reasonings of
man , is ...
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But love answers by keeping us in the safe vale of humility and selfabasement .
Lord , what proud , aspiring creatures are we ! enable us to obey thee . “ Humble
yourselves under the mighty hand of God , " 1 Pet . v . 6 . JAN . 12 . The Lord God
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But love answers by keeping us in the safe vale of humility and selfabasement .
Lord , what proud , aspiring creatures are we ! enable us to obey thee . “ Humble
yourselves under the mighty hand of God , " 1 Pet . v . 6 . JAN . 12 . The Lord God
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Page 112 - Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts.
Page 16 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 412 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Page 277 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 154 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Page 259 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 110 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 223 - The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Page 143 - But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so. your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Page 185 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not : for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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| Title | A Spiritual Treasury for the Children of God: Consisting of a Meditation for the Morning of Each Day in the Year, Upon Select Texts of Scripture ... |
| Author | William Mason |
| Publisher | Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1765 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 apr. 2008 |
| Length | 510 pages |
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