Remarkable Passages in the Life of William KiffinBurton, 1823 - 162 pages |
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... faith of Christ is not entirely limited to the vul- gar and the wretched . It has been adopted in all its peculiarities , and manifested in all its decision , by men of the highest order of intellect , and of the most brilliant parts ...
... faith of Christ is not entirely limited to the vul- gar and the wretched . It has been adopted in all its peculiarities , and manifested in all its decision , by men of the highest order of intellect , and of the most brilliant parts ...
Page xv
... faith seems to be often rewarded with success when the mighty are brought down from their thrones , and men of low estate are exalted- when the fall or establishment of a government de- pends on the issue of a debate , or the event of a ...
... faith seems to be often rewarded with success when the mighty are brought down from their thrones , and men of low estate are exalted- when the fall or establishment of a government de- pends on the issue of a debate , or the event of a ...
Page xvi
... faith , election , perseverance , experi- ence , godliness , and such words , in every varied combination , perpetually occur in the conversations and works of the men of that generation . The words themselves are good , though they may ...
... faith , election , perseverance , experi- ence , godliness , and such words , in every varied combination , perpetually occur in the conversations and works of the men of that generation . The words themselves are good , though they may ...
Page xvii
... faith , we may substitute persuasion for grace , we may say favour - and for godliness , we may use piety . - Still the world will either mistake the nature of true religion , by this appearance of softening it down , or retain its ...
... faith , we may substitute persuasion for grace , we may say favour - and for godliness , we may use piety . - Still the world will either mistake the nature of true religion , by this appearance of softening it down , or retain its ...
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... faith was exceedingly strengthened in the fulness of that satisfaction which Jesus Christ had given to the Father for sinners , and I was en- abled to believe my interest therein . Then I found some ability to pray and to meditate upon ...
... faith was exceedingly strengthened in the fulness of that satisfaction which Jesus Christ had given to the Father for sinners , and I was en- abled to believe my interest therein . Then I found some ability to pray and to meditate upon ...
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Page 75 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the LORD : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD.
Page 74 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 9 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, That obeyeth the voice of his servant, That walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, And stay upon his God.
Page 123 - With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies, - alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen and their merry King.
Page 81 - Be a Father to the fatherless, and a Husband to the widow, for Jesus
Page 9 - And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Page 85 - I used all the means I could to be excused both by some lords near the King, and also by Sir Nicholas Butler, and Mr. Penn. But it was all in vain . . . ." There the quotation ends, not at a full stop, but at a semicolon.
Page 75 - Now He that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is GOD, Who also hath given unto us the earnest of the SPIRIT.
Page 123 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Page 122 - When this extraordinary man, with the figure and genius of Alcibiades, could equally charm the presbyterian Fairfax and the dissolute Charles; when he alike ridiculed that witty king and his solemn chancellor ; when he plotted the ruin of his country with a cabal of bad ministers, or, equally unprincipled, supported its cause with bad patriots, — one laments that such parts should have been devoid of every virtue...