The Whole Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Leighton, D.D., Archbishop of Glasgow: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author by John Norman Pearson, 2. köideJames Duncan, 1830 |
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... passing of his life in that way ; for instead of that happy life his soul should have in God , he pleases himself in the miserable life of sin , that which is his death , as if it were the proper life of his soul : living in it imports ...
... passing of his life in that way ; for instead of that happy life his soul should have in God , he pleases himself in the miserable life of sin , that which is his death , as if it were the proper life of his soul : living in it imports ...
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... passing to a more excellent life , then he gaineth , and it were a folly not to seek this death . It was a strange power of Plato's dis- course of the soul's immortality , that moved a young man , upon reading it , to throw himself into ...
... passing to a more excellent life , then he gaineth , and it were a folly not to seek this death . It was a strange power of Plato's dis- course of the soul's immortality , that moved a young man , upon reading it , to throw himself into ...
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... pass by Christ , and consider not the necessity of returning to Him , and by Him to the Father . 2. He brings them back into the way of life : Ye are returned . But think not it is by their own knowledge and skill that they discover ...
... pass by Christ , and consider not the necessity of returning to Him , and by Him to the Father . 2. He brings them back into the way of life : Ye are returned . But think not it is by their own knowledge and skill that they discover ...
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... pass for finding us , wherein He not only hazarded , but really laid down his life ; and those shoulders which did bear the iniquity of our wanderings , by expiation , upon the same doth He bear and bring us back from it by effectual ...
... pass for finding us , wherein He not only hazarded , but really laid down his life ; and those shoulders which did bear the iniquity of our wanderings , by expiation , upon the same doth He bear and bring us back from it by effectual ...
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... pass for a kind of sheepishness to be meek ; it is a likeness to Him who was as a sheep before the shearers , not opening his mouth ; it is a portion of His spirit . sooner . The Apostle commends his exchange of ornaments , by two ...
... pass for a kind of sheepishness to be meek ; it is a likeness to Him who was as a sheep before the shearers , not opening his mouth ; it is a portion of His spirit . sooner . The Apostle commends his exchange of ornaments , by two ...
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Page 98 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 507 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Page 317 - In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them ; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Page 574 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Page 233 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 199 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 599 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 539 - Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, LORD, what wait I for ? my hope is- in Thee.
Page 124 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 518 - OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.