The Infant's Progress: From the Valley of Destruction to Everlasting GloryA. Claxton, 1828 |
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... were born in a state of sin . And in this story I have personified the sin of our nature , and introduced it as the constant companion of these children . The relation is given under the form of a dream A 2 INTRODUCTION. ...
... were born in a state of sin . And in this story I have personified the sin of our nature , and introduced it as the constant companion of these children . The relation is given under the form of a dream A 2 INTRODUCTION. ...
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... dream , the various incidents of which are so contrived , as to show how incessantly sin assaults even those who are truly devoted to God , and what unhappiness it causes them from the be- ginning to the end of their days . Through the ...
... dream , the various incidents of which are so contrived , as to show how incessantly sin assaults even those who are truly devoted to God , and what unhappiness it causes them from the be- ginning to the end of their days . Through the ...
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... dream . Methought I was sitting upon some high place ; it might be a cloud ; and beneath , at my feet , I saw a very large plain , called the Plain of Destruction , in which were all the towns , and villages , and dwelling - places of ...
... dream . Methought I was sitting upon some high place ; it might be a cloud ; and beneath , at my feet , I saw a very large plain , called the Plain of Destruction , in which were all the towns , and villages , and dwelling - places of ...
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... dream that Evangelist delivered his mes- sage to the young man and his wife , saying , " Flee from the wrath to come . " " These young people then put certain questions to Evangelist , saying , " Whither shall we flee ? and who shall ...
... dream that Evangelist delivered his mes- sage to the young man and his wife , saying , " Flee from the wrath to come . " " These young people then put certain questions to Evangelist , saying , " Whither shall we flee ? and who shall ...
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... would sit on their pillows and whisper all manner of mischief in their ears , filling their fancies with idle dreams , and suggesting such a variety of unholy thoughts , that , on their awakening , they 10 INFANT'S PROGRESS .
... would sit on their pillows and whisper all manner of mischief in their ears , filling their fancies with idle dreams , and suggesting such a variety of unholy thoughts , that , on their awakening , they 10 INFANT'S PROGRESS .
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Page 162 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 131 - Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
Page 31 - Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
Page 242 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits, camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Page 107 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 174 - And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
Page 178 - In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
Page 195 - I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 2 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 19 - For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.