The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher, 4. köideB. Waugh and T. Mason, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1833 |
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... King Josiah , contrition of heart , when , upon his hearing the word of the Lord , he rent his clothes and wept , 2 Kings xxii , 11. Nor did the Searcher of hearts say that he was indebted to his constitution , and the weakness of his ...
... King Josiah , contrition of heart , when , upon his hearing the word of the Lord , he rent his clothes and wept , 2 Kings xxii , 11. Nor did the Searcher of hearts say that he was indebted to his constitution , and the weakness of his ...
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... kings , for his mercy endureth for ever , " & c . The capital punishment of a murderer is a capital kindness shown to thousands . Were the king to reprieve all criminals , his mercy to them would be cruelty to millions . And although ...
... kings , for his mercy endureth for ever , " & c . The capital punishment of a murderer is a capital kindness shown to thousands . Were the king to reprieve all criminals , his mercy to them would be cruelty to millions . And although ...
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... king's palace , has graciously commanded an empty barn to sink , and give us the alarm . Hallelujah ! he might have ordered such a tract of land as this to heave , move , and open in the centre of our populous cities , but mercy has ...
... king's palace , has graciously commanded an empty barn to sink , and give us the alarm . Hallelujah ! he might have ordered such a tract of land as this to heave , move , and open in the centre of our populous cities , but mercy has ...
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... King of saints . There is no refuge , no dwelling place in the heavenly Jerusalem for vipers , dogs , or swine . The proud , the passionate , lying and revengeful persons ; the envious , the covetous , the sensual , cannot enter there ...
... King of saints . There is no refuge , no dwelling place in the heavenly Jerusalem for vipers , dogs , or swine . The proud , the passionate , lying and revengeful persons ; the envious , the covetous , the sensual , cannot enter there ...
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... King of heaven ; because he that rejects part of the Christian revelation must be as guilty before God as he that contemptuously tears part of a decree of the king in his presence : for , as such a one would in vain excuse himself by ...
... King of heaven ; because he that rejects part of the Christian revelation must be as guilty before God as he that contemptuously tears part of a decree of the king in his presence : for , as such a one would in vain excuse himself by ...
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Page 158 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Page 283 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first born which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 244 - And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Page 170 - To him give all the prophets witness, that through his Name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Page 136 - The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with you all.
Page 302 - And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Page 143 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Page 177 - But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Page 228 - Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you ; and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended ; and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Page 176 - I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked ; 18.