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... heavenly joys for ever , if you will . And are not these things to be thought of before- hand ? P. Really , Sir , I am afraid if I should set my- self to think of another world , and the state of my soul , as seriously as you talk of ...
... heavenly joys for ever , if you will . And are not these things to be thought of before- hand ? P. Really , Sir , I am afraid if I should set my- self to think of another world , and the state of my soul , as seriously as you talk of ...
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... heavenly joys , and the fore - thoughts there- of , make you sad ? Alas ! you see we have no other cordial against our calamities in this world but the blessed hopes and prospect of the joys o heaven . If God and heaven be not our first ...
... heavenly joys , and the fore - thoughts there- of , make you sad ? Alas ! you see we have no other cordial against our calamities in this world but the blessed hopes and prospect of the joys o heaven . If God and heaven be not our first ...
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... heavenly one , as maketh us hate the sin which we loved , and heartily prefer a holy life , and all those duties to God and man , from which our hearts were before averse . And this change is so firmly established in us , that it is ...
... heavenly one , as maketh us hate the sin which we loved , and heartily prefer a holy life , and all those duties to God and man , from which our hearts were before averse . And this change is so firmly established in us , that it is ...
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... heavenly felicity . True repentance is a settled and an effectual change . It is but a counterfeit repentance , when men are sorry for having sinned , but amend not ; are sorry to - day , and yet sin again to - morrow . P. But Christ ...
... heavenly felicity . True repentance is a settled and an effectual change . It is but a counterfeit repentance , when men are sorry for having sinned , but amend not ; are sorry to - day , and yet sin again to - morrow . P. But Christ ...
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... heavenly mind , will , in some measure , show themselves , by preferring God and heaven before all : this I could never perceive in you ; which made me fear your case was as bad as you now confess it . For sure I am , that God saveth ...
... heavenly mind , will , in some measure , show themselves , by preferring God and heaven before all : this I could never perceive in you ; which made me fear your case was as bad as you now confess it . For sure I am , that God saveth ...
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Popular passages
Page 186 - ... not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Page 221 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 189 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
Page 136 - ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of Thy laws, and in the works of Thy commandments...
Page 42 - For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Page 16 - Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Page 140 - ALMIGHTY GOD, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
Page 299 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 45 - It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely ; he that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable and murderers, and whoremongers and sorcerers, and idolaters and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Page 329 - We bless Thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for Thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.