Aids to Devotion: In Three Parts, Including Watts' Guide to PrayerLincoln and Edmands, 1831 - 279 pages |
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... Plead- ing , Profession or Self - dedication , Thanksgiving and Blessing - of each of which I shall speak particu- larly . SECTION I. OF INVOCATION . THE first part of prayer is Invocation , or calling upon God ; and it may include in ...
... Plead- ing , Profession or Self - dedication , Thanksgiving and Blessing - of each of which I shall speak particu- larly . SECTION I. OF INVOCATION . THE first part of prayer is Invocation , or calling upon God ; and it may include in ...
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... plead more earnestly with God for his church , than for any nation or kingdom ; that he would en- large the borders of the dominion of Christ , that he would spread his gospel among the heathens , and make the name of Christ known and ...
... plead more earnestly with God for his church , than for any nation or kingdom ; that he would en- large the borders of the dominion of Christ , that he would spread his gospel among the heathens , and make the name of Christ known and ...
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... plead with God for those mercies or comforts , upon which our sal- vation or his own glory do not necessarily depend ... PLEADING . THE fifth part of prayer may be called ! Pleading with God ; which , though it be not so distinct a part ...
... plead with God for those mercies or comforts , upon which our sal- vation or his own glory do not necessarily depend ... PLEADING . THE fifth part of prayer may be called ! Pleading with God ; which , though it be not so distinct a part ...
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... plead with thee ; yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper ? " We are not to suppose that our arguments can have any real influ- ence on God's own will , and persuade him contrary to what ...
... plead with thee ; yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper ? " We are not to suppose that our arguments can have any real influ- ence on God's own will , and persuade him contrary to what ...
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... . Thou delightest in pardoning grace : it is the honor of our God to forgive ; therefore let my iniquities be all cancelled through the abundance of thy rich mercy . " E 3. Another argument in pleading with God , may be PLEADING . 49.
... . Thou delightest in pardoning grace : it is the honor of our God to forgive ; therefore let my iniquities be all cancelled through the abundance of thy rich mercy . " E 3. Another argument in pleading with God , may be PLEADING . 49.
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Page 241 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 241 - In this was manifested the love of GOD towards us, because that GOD sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved GOD, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 155 - For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Page 231 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Page 167 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 228 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 244 - Now unto Him that is able to keep us from falling, and. to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy ; to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Page 232 - For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 25 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 229 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.