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Page 33
... Sin has caft the whole creation into a fe- verifh disorder . There is an evil which accom- panies them now , that they long to be rid of . Man complains and groans under the evil of the creatures , and they complain and groan under him ...
... Sin has caft the whole creation into a fe- verifh disorder . There is an evil which accom- panies them now , that they long to be rid of . Man complains and groans under the evil of the creatures , and they complain and groan under him ...
Page 77
... Sin has marred the beau- ty of the creation ; and though blackness is no deformity among blackamores , yet it is so amongst the whites . Some glory in their fhame , but they will not do fo to whom fin has been truly shame- ful . Now ...
... Sin has marred the beau- ty of the creation ; and though blackness is no deformity among blackamores , yet it is so amongst the whites . Some glory in their fhame , but they will not do fo to whom fin has been truly shame- ful . Now ...
Page 94
... Sin keeps its do- minion by one luft , as well as by many ; therefore where any luft remains unfubdued , there is no genuine mortification there . But where genuine mortification to fin is , the foul will follow the Lord fully . 5 ...
... Sin keeps its do- minion by one luft , as well as by many ; therefore where any luft remains unfubdued , there is no genuine mortification there . But where genuine mortification to fin is , the foul will follow the Lord fully . 5 ...
Page 203
... Sin has been bitter to many , but not extremely bitter ; therefore they fay , as the drunkard , Prov . xxiii . 35. " When shall I awake ? I will seek it yet again . " But the experience of fin duly embittered quickly determines the Chri ...
... Sin has been bitter to many , but not extremely bitter ; therefore they fay , as the drunkard , Prov . xxiii . 35. " When shall I awake ? I will seek it yet again . " But the experience of fin duly embittered quickly determines the Chri ...
Page 243
... Sin fo curbed and borne down within , that it do not feandaloufly break out into the life ; and this must be done with the pure water of the Spirit of fanctification , not with the muddy water of Christlefs endeavours , as in painted ...
... Sin fo curbed and borne down within , that it do not feandaloufly break out into the life ; and this must be done with the pure water of the Spirit of fanctification , not with the muddy water of Christlefs endeavours , as in painted ...
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Page 36 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Page 401 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 261 - And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him.
Page 8 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering: for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Page 10 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Page 289 - O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Page 252 - This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips ; but their heart is far from me.
Page 10 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 262 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord ; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 341 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled...