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First Published in London John Kendall. cannot comprehend : my heart is too full for language to discharge , and my feeble ... heart , to preserve thee , among the few names in that Sardis who walk in white , and have not defiled their ...
First Published in London John Kendall. cannot comprehend : my heart is too full for language to discharge , and my feeble ... heart , to preserve thee , among the few names in that Sardis who walk in white , and have not defiled their ...
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... heart , af- fection , life , and conversation in the hearers . Great were the conflicts he underwent whilst struggling with his various weaknesses and sins ; yet a ray of divinity shines through these clouds ; and he grows brighter ...
... heart , af- fection , life , and conversation in the hearers . Great were the conflicts he underwent whilst struggling with his various weaknesses and sins ; yet a ray of divinity shines through these clouds ; and he grows brighter ...
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... heart , and a lively zeal for the promotion of holiness and moreover under the present dreary times of great desolation within the narrow limits of our society , it gives me much comfort that God is here and there , awakening the same ...
... heart , and a lively zeal for the promotion of holiness and moreover under the present dreary times of great desolation within the narrow limits of our society , it gives me much comfort that God is here and there , awakening the same ...
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... heart when first met with ; cherish in thy soul the fresh instance of regard , and be it thy care inward- ly to look , and live to the Lord , so shall thy hands be made strong , and thy head be kept above the water . There is a spirit ...
... heart when first met with ; cherish in thy soul the fresh instance of regard , and be it thy care inward- ly to look , and live to the Lord , so shall thy hands be made strong , and thy head be kept above the water . There is a spirit ...
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... heart ) is a sub- stantial operative principle ; its directions are not ima- ginary , nor its doctrines loose and indeterminate ; but it is life and light to its possessors , and causes them to in- herit substance ; it teaches access in ...
... heart ) is a sub- stantial operative principle ; its directions are not ima- ginary , nor its doctrines loose and indeterminate ; but it is life and light to its possessors , and causes them to in- herit substance ; it teaches access in ...
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Page 98 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Page i - He runs the way of God's commandments, now he hath set his heart at liberty. It is his glory so to do ; it is his daily crown of rejoicing, to do the will of God on earth as it is done in heaven...
Page 85 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 79 - Create in us a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within us.
Page 38 - But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap : and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Page 54 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made, And all those things have been, saith the Lord: But to this man will I look, Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, And trembleth at my word.
Page 32 - WHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 97 - And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Page 126 - One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. For in the time of trouble he...
Page 137 - The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.