The Treatise on Religious AffectionsAmer. Tract Soc., 1824 - 276 pages |
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... faith . " Such trials benefit religion . They try the faith of professors , and show whether it is genuine . They ex- hibit the beauty , amiableness , and excellency of true religion , which never appears so lovely as when it is most ...
... faith . " Such trials benefit religion . They try the faith of professors , and show whether it is genuine . They ex- hibit the beauty , amiableness , and excellency of true religion , which never appears so lovely as when it is most ...
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... faith : " In whom , though now ye see him not , yet believing , ye rejoice . ” ( 2. ) The nature of this joy : " Unspeakable and full of glory . " Unspeakable in kind ; very different from worldly joys and carnal delights ; of a vastly ...
... faith : " In whom , though now ye see him not , yet believing , ye rejoice . ” ( 2. ) The nature of this joy : " Unspeakable and full of glory . " Unspeakable in kind ; very different from worldly joys and carnal delights ; of a vastly ...
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... faith . " Matt . 23 : 23. " He hath showed thee , O man , what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee , but to do justly , and to love mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God ? " Micah , 6 : 8. " For I desired mercy , and not ...
... faith . " Matt . 23 : 23. " He hath showed thee , O man , what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee , but to do justly , and to love mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God ? " Micah , 6 : 8. " For I desired mercy , and not ...
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... faith . " Matt . 23 : 23. " He hath showed thee , O man , what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee , but to do justly , and to love mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God ? " Micah , 6 : 8. " For I desired mercy , and not ...
... faith . " Matt . 23 : 23. " He hath showed thee , O man , what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee , but to do justly , and to love mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God ? " Micah , 6 : 8. " For I desired mercy , and not ...
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... faith in Christ , must be wrought in the soul in so many successive and separate works of the Spirit that shall each one be obvious and manifest ; on the con- trary , sometimes the change at first is like a confused chaos , so that we ...
... faith in Christ , must be wrought in the soul in so many successive and separate works of the Spirit that shall each one be obvious and manifest ; on the con- trary , sometimes the change at first is like a confused chaos , so that we ...
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Page 76 - But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Page 13 - And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Page 184 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 40 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: ' when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 57 - Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Page 258 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 212 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 94 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 19 - How amiable are thy tabernacles,- O Lord of hosts ! " My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and, my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 121 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.