Prayers Selected from the New Testament: Kempis Of the Imitation of Christ; Dr. J. Everard; William Law; And, Chiefly, Peter SterryPrinted, 1785 - 31 pages |
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... most gracious purposes of life and falvation to all thy fallen crea- tures ! Thou canft cleanse the impurities , fupprefs and change the vanities and malignities , heal the diforders , and calm the winds and humours in my little world ...
... most gracious purposes of life and falvation to all thy fallen crea- tures ! Thou canft cleanse the impurities , fupprefs and change the vanities and malignities , heal the diforders , and calm the winds and humours in my little world ...
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... most righteous and holy will for , while I live by my own guidance and government , I fin ; " re- fift , grieve , and quench thy Holy Spirit ; fupprefs thy divine life with- " in me ; crucify thee afresh , and put " thee to an open ...
... most righteous and holy will for , while I live by my own guidance and government , I fin ; " re- fift , grieve , and quench thy Holy Spirit ; fupprefs thy divine life with- " in me ; crucify thee afresh , and put " thee to an open ...
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... most holy and righteous will in all things ! THE MOST BRIGHT WISDOM OF GOD enlighten us , and change us into the fame mind , temper , and fpirit ; that we may be perfectly conformed to His Heavenly Image , and become acceptable in the ...
... most holy and righteous will in all things ! THE MOST BRIGHT WISDOM OF GOD enlighten us , and change us into the fame mind , temper , and fpirit ; that we may be perfectly conformed to His Heavenly Image , and become acceptable in the ...
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... most ardent and effectual turning all our powers and ftrengths ; fo that forgetting those things that are behind , we may follow his moft Sweet Calling and Af- fectionate Drawing , whereto , from Ever- lafting , The More than Moft ...
... most ardent and effectual turning all our powers and ftrengths ; fo that forgetting those things that are behind , we may follow his moft Sweet Calling and Af- fectionate Drawing , whereto , from Ever- lafting , The More than Moft ...
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... MOST benign and moft loving LORD , Whom my foul ever longeth to receive ! Thou knoweft my want and weakness , and the numerous evils in which I am involved ; Thou knowest how often , and how exceedingly , I am oppreffed , tempted ...
... MOST benign and moft loving LORD , Whom my foul ever longeth to receive ! Thou knoweft my want and weakness , and the numerous evils in which I am involved ; Thou knowest how often , and how exceedingly , I am oppreffed , tempted ...
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bitterneſs Blef Branch of Thyſelf brotherly kindneſs canft carnal Charity cifully cleanſe clear the guilt confolation converſe creature darkneſs defire deli Diſpoſal diſtreſs divine Eternal Root everlaſting evil faith in thee Faith of Thee falvation fanctify FATHER fervants Fire of Thy fitneſs fleſh foul on earth ftrength ftrengthen fulneſs fweetneſs godliness goodneſs grieve heart and ſpirit Heavenly himſelf Holy Prefence HOLY SPIRIT humbly infeparable union intirely itſelf JESUS CHRIST JESUS in heaven KEMPIS kill the power light LORD love and mercy manifeft Mayft thou mayſt moft moſt myſelf nature nefs Operations of Thy patience peace Perfon pleaſed poffefs power of fin praiſe PRAYERS purity purpoſe refign righteouſneſs riſh ſhine ſtand ſtate ſuffer ſweet ſweetneſs themſelves thine things thoſe Thou art Thou knoweſt thy glory Thy Grace THY HOLY JESUS thy love thy ordinance Thy Precious Thy Prefence Thy Spirit tinually treaſures ture unto thee virtue weakneſs Whoſe wiſdom
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Page 4 - Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Page 4 - Chrift may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all faints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and to know the love of Chrift, which pafleth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulnefs of God.
Page 4 - ... and depth, and height ; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge ; that I may be filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 4 - God. Now unto him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think...
Page 29 - ... of thy eternal glory ! In the immensity of thy goodness, O Lord, and " in the multitude of thy tender mercies, turn unto me," and hear the prayer of thy poor servant, who has wandered far from thee into the region of the shadow of death. O protect and keep my soul amidst the innumerable evils which this corruptible life is always bringing forth ; and by the perpetual guidance of thy grace, lead me in the narrow path of holiness, to the realms of everlasting light and peace.
Page 29 - Unto thee, therefore, do I lift, up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens !" In thee, my God, the Father of mercies, I place all my confidence ! O illuminate and sanctify my soul, with the influence of thy Holy Spirit, that being delivered from all that darkness and impurity of its alienated life, which thy eyes cannot look upon, it may become the living temple of thy holy presence, the seat of thy eternal glory ! In the immensity of thy goodness, O Lord ! and " in the multitude of thy tender...
Page 25 - Confidence are to be placed in God alone. DISCIPLE. 1. LORD ! what is my confidence in this life, and what my comfort in the possession and enjoyment of all things under heaven ? Is it not thee alone, O Lord my God ! whose mercies are without number, and without measure ? Where hath it been well with me, when thou wert absent?
Page 26 - I had rather be naked, hungry, and despised, with thee ; than abound in honour, wealth, and pleasure, without thee ; would rather choose, with thee to Wander upon the earth, and have no place " where to lay my head ;" than, without thee, to possess a throne in heaven. But, where thou art, there is heaven ; and death and hell are only there where thou art not. Thou art the desire of my soul; and.
Page 5 - And be" fides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, " and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, " and to temperance patience, and to patience godlinefs, " and to godlinefs brotherly kindnefs, and to brotherly
Page 8 - God was manifest in the flesh, justified ' in the spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gen' tiles, believed on in the world, received up into •glory."—!