Gospel Sonnets: Or, Spiritual Songs, in Six Parts ... Concerning Creation and Redemption, Law and Gospel, Justification and Sanctification, Faith and Sense, Heaven and Earth |
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Page 11
Mere moral preachers have no pow'r to charm , Thy lines are such my nobler
passions warm ;; These glorious truths have fet my soul on fire , And while I read ,
I'm love and pure defire . - May the black train of errors hatch'd in hell No longer
on ...
Mere moral preachers have no pow'r to charm , Thy lines are such my nobler
passions warm ;; These glorious truths have fet my soul on fire , And while I read ,
I'm love and pure defire . - May the black train of errors hatch'd in hell No longer
on ...
Page 88
In him , in him complete falvation dwells ; He's God the helper , and there is none
else . Fig - leaves wont hide thee from the fiery show'r , ' Tis he alone that saves
by price and pow'r . Must we do nothing then ( will mockers say ) But rest in floth ...
In him , in him complete falvation dwells ; He's God the helper , and there is none
else . Fig - leaves wont hide thee from the fiery show'r , ' Tis he alone that saves
by price and pow'r . Must we do nothing then ( will mockers say ) But rest in floth ...
Page 93
But still , say you , pow'r to believe I miss . but know you what believing is ? Faith
lies not in your building up a tow'r Of some great action by your proper pow'r , For
Heav'n well knows , that by the killing fall No pow'r , no will remains in man at ...
But still , say you , pow'r to believe I miss . but know you what believing is ? Faith
lies not in your building up a tow'r Of some great action by your proper pow'r , For
Heav'n well knows , that by the killing fall No pow'r , no will remains in man at ...
Page 94
Tis an employing Jesus to do all That can within falvation's compass fall ; To be
the agent kind in ev'ry thing Belonging to a prophet , priest , and king ; To teach ,
to pardon , fanctify , and save , And nothing to the creaturéés pow'r to leave .
Tis an employing Jesus to do all That can within falvation's compass fall ; To be
the agent kind in ev'ry thing Belonging to a prophet , priest , and king ; To teach ,
to pardon , fanctify , and save , And nothing to the creaturéés pow'r to leave .
Page 95
O glorious , gracious , pow'rful , fov'reign Lord , * Thy help unto a sinful worm
afford ; • Who from my wretched birth to this fad hour Have still been destitute of
will and pow'r • To close with glorious Chrift ; yea , filld ) with spite * At thy fair
darling ...
O glorious , gracious , pow'rful , fov'reign Lord , * Thy help unto a sinful worm
afford ; • Who from my wretched birth to this fad hour Have still been destitute of
will and pow'r • To close with glorious Chrift ; yea , filld ) with spite * At thy fair
darling ...
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Page 225 - Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 323 - Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Page 259 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
Page 193 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 235 - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand ; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews ! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
Page 211 - Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Page 166 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 312 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 212 - But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Page 229 - As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father ; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
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| Title | Gospel Sonnets: Or, Spiritual Songs, in Six Parts ... Concerning Creation and Redemption, Law and Gospel, Justification and Sanctification, Faith and Sense, Heaven and Earth |
| Author | Ralph Erskine |
| Publisher | J. and A. Duncan, booksellers, Glasgow, 1793 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 May 2007 |
| Length | 371 pages |
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