Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck ...: Containing The Young Christian's Guide ... : A Treatise on Religious Experience ... : Together with Anecdotes ...W.W. Woodward, 1808 |
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... objects of his care in particular . Herein he answered the description given of his character by the prophet : " A bruised reed shall he not break , and the smoking flax shall he not quench . " + Nothing could exceed the strength of his ...
... objects of his care in particular . Herein he answered the description given of his character by the prophet : " A bruised reed shall he not break , and the smoking flax shall he not quench . " + Nothing could exceed the strength of his ...
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... objects of divine fa- vour ; then we deny the charge , and confess that we have no experience of this nature . We grant that some people of disordered imaginations have been affected with religious truths , and perhaps , from the ...
... objects of divine fa- vour ; then we deny the charge , and confess that we have no experience of this nature . We grant that some people of disordered imaginations have been affected with religious truths , and perhaps , from the ...
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... object . Indeed , some , who have been right in the main , have been sadly bewildered for a time , by falling in the way of blind guides , who have erroneously exhorted them to works of su- perstition and supererogation , instead of ...
... object . Indeed , some , who have been right in the main , have been sadly bewildered for a time , by falling in the way of blind guides , who have erroneously exhorted them to works of su- perstition and supererogation , instead of ...
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... objects are as so many preach- ers , reminding him of the wisdom , power , and goodness of his Creator . He has constantly passing before him various and wonderful dis- plays of divine providence . He has in his hand a volume which ...
... objects are as so many preach- ers , reminding him of the wisdom , power , and goodness of his Creator . He has constantly passing before him various and wonderful dis- plays of divine providence . He has in his hand a volume which ...
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... objects , shall not he often stand still , and ask , " What am I ? What have I done ? What is my knowledge ? What profi- ciency have I made ? What has occupied my thoughts ? What has been the subject of my con- versation ? How have I ...
... objects , shall not he often stand still , and ask , " What am I ? What have I done ? What is my knowledge ? What profi- ciency have I made ? What has occupied my thoughts ? What has been the subject of my con- versation ? How have I ...
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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.