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Page 116
Read these passages , and then ask how far it is your duty to refuse all comfort ,
to dwell perpetually in the vale of sorrow , to touch none but the string of grief .
Rather is it not your duty to arise , to take your harp from the willow , to sing to the
...
Read these passages , and then ask how far it is your duty to refuse all comfort ,
to dwell perpetually in the vale of sorrow , to touch none but the string of grief .
Rather is it not your duty to arise , to take your harp from the willow , to sing to the
...
Page 123
Great gifts and parts are titles of honour among men ; but many such may come
and borrow grace and comfort of a meangifted brother . Do not , therefore ,
murmur , or envy them , but rather pity and pray for them : they need it more than
others ...
Great gifts and parts are titles of honour among men ; but many such may come
and borrow grace and comfort of a meangifted brother . Do not , therefore ,
murmur , or envy them , but rather pity and pray for them : they need it more than
others ...
Page 132
Shall heathens ( as Mr . Howe observes ) comfort themselves upon so wretched
a ground , with a little sophistry and the hope of extinguishing all desire of
immortality ; and shall not we derive comfort by cherishing this blessed hope of ...
Shall heathens ( as Mr . Howe observes ) comfort themselves upon so wretched
a ground , with a little sophistry and the hope of extinguishing all desire of
immortality ; and shall not we derive comfort by cherishing this blessed hope of ...
Page 134
If you complain of your darkness , here is light ; of your weakness , here is
strength ; of your crosses , here is comfort ; of your poverty , here are riches ; of
your disappointments in this world , here is certainty and security . In the midst of
every ...
If you complain of your darkness , here is light ; of your weakness , here is
strength ; of your crosses , here is comfort ; of your poverty , here are riches ; of
your disappointments in this world , here is certainty and security . In the midst of
every ...
Page 240
O If I were but rid of it in these hours , what a mercy should I esteem it , though I
were troubled with it at other times ! Could I but be free from it in the seasons of
duty , on sabbaths , and sacramental occasions , what a comfort would it be !
O If I were but rid of it in these hours , what a mercy should I esteem it , though I
were troubled with it at other times ! Could I but be free from it in the seasons of
duty , on sabbaths , and sacramental occasions , what a comfort would it be !
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Page 280 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Page 179 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 313 - But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all : and thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest ; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Page 270 - But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Page 290 - FOR a closer walk with God ! A. calm and heavenly frame ! A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 167 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Page 254 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Page 281 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 68 - Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page 200 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
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| Title | Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck ...: Containing The Young Christian's Guide ... : A Treatise on Religious Experience ... : Together with Anecdotes ... 1. köide of Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck ...: Containing The Young Christian's Guide ... : A Treatise on Religious Experience ... : Together with Anecdotes, Charles Buck |
| Author | Charles Buck |
| Publisher | W.W. Woodward, 1808 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 18 mär. 2008 |
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