The Prayers of the Church. A Connected Series of Reflections on the LiturgyR. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1838 - 247 pages |
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... Blessed be God , there is a " cloud of witnesses " to testify that Jesus is a tried friend . The children of God are one family , part with their father and elder brother , and part preparing for the same hap- piness . In going to meet ...
... Blessed be God , there is a " cloud of witnesses " to testify that Jesus is a tried friend . The children of God are one family , part with their father and elder brother , and part preparing for the same hap- piness . In going to meet ...
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... blessing ; it lays the believer low in humiliation , making him to feel by bitter experience that sin in all its forms is native to his heart ; just as in the vegetable world some leaves have the latent germs of roots in them , and some ...
... blessing ; it lays the believer low in humiliation , making him to feel by bitter experience that sin in all its forms is native to his heart ; just as in the vegetable world some leaves have the latent germs of roots in them , and some ...
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... blessing to be providentally placed , where deliverance cannot reasonably be expected but from heaven . And Oh , the blessedness of being privileged to throw ourselves upon the unbounded mercy of our God ! for His mercy endures " for ...
... blessing to be providentally placed , where deliverance cannot reasonably be expected but from heaven . And Oh , the blessedness of being privileged to throw ourselves upon the unbounded mercy of our God ! for His mercy endures " for ...
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... of God in him are yea , and in him amen . " What an encouragement to bring them before our Father ; he is honoured and we are blessed when we ask anything " according D 2 ON THE LITURGY . 35 Spare thou them, O God, which confess their ...
... of God in him are yea , and in him amen . " What an encouragement to bring them before our Father ; he is honoured and we are blessed when we ask anything " according D 2 ON THE LITURGY . 35 Spare thou them, O God, which confess their ...
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and we are blessed when we ask anything " according to his will ; " and John by the Spirit has declared that " He ... blessing , " and Christ is ours ; he is " our portion in the land of the living . " Thousands are ready enough to have ...
and we are blessed when we ask anything " according to his will ; " and John by the Spirit has declared that " He ... blessing , " and Christ is ours ; he is " our portion in the land of the living . " Thousands are ready enough to have ...
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Page 84 - NOT UNTO us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Page 174 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 205 - And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord to deliver thee.
Page 118 - Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, Spare Thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, That the heathen should rule over them : Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God...
Page 160 - The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us : that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Page 211 - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Page 203 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Page 75 - This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 127 - 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 203 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.