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... sake of Christ , but what this spirit will corrupt it all ; especially when you feel
yourself com . fortable , your utterance in prayer enlarged , your zeal for God
inflamed , or you have done any thing which has pleased others , will this evil
arise .
... sake of Christ , but what this spirit will corrupt it all ; especially when you feel
yourself com . fortable , your utterance in prayer enlarged , your zeal for God
inflamed , or you have done any thing which has pleased others , will this evil
arise .
Page 117
Vile as you may feel yourself to be , ready as despair is to seize you , can you
solemnly say in the sight of God , " Well , I feel no desire to love him ; I can with
the utmost composure reject his word . I care not if ever I am again the associ .
ate of ...
Vile as you may feel yourself to be , ready as despair is to seize you , can you
solemnly say in the sight of God , " Well , I feel no desire to love him ; I can with
the utmost composure reject his word . I care not if ever I am again the associ .
ate of ...
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But , alas ! the best of men have at times to lament the want of these : hence their
souls refuse comfort ; and in proportion as they possess sincere regard for their
God , they feel unhappy in any departures from his laws . Nor is the present state
...
But , alas ! the best of men have at times to lament the want of these : hence their
souls refuse comfort ; and in proportion as they possess sincere regard for their
God , they feel unhappy in any departures from his laws . Nor is the present state
...
Page 245
But , after all , supposing that his sorrow was perpeiual here on earth , still it is
better to mourn here , than for ever hereafter ; to weep in time , than in eternity ; to
feel a hell in this world , than in that which is to come . “ Blessed are they that ...
But , after all , supposing that his sorrow was perpeiual here on earth , still it is
better to mourn here , than for ever hereafter ; to weep in time , than in eternity ; to
feel a hell in this world , than in that which is to come . “ Blessed are they that ...
Page 278
How little do I feel and know of what is here described ! My heart is so cold , my
know . ledge so scanty , my faith so weak , my joys so few , that I am ready to
conclude I am yet a stranger to divine grace . " But fear not ; there may be life
where ...
How little do I feel and know of what is here described ! My heart is so cold , my
know . ledge so scanty , my faith so weak , my joys so few , that I am ready to
conclude I am yet a stranger to divine grace . " But fear not ; there may be life
where ...
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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.