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hate , Here lusts moft opposite their hearts divide , Their beastly passion , and
their bankrupt pride . In passion they their native mate deface , In pride disdain to
be oblig'd to grace . Hence plainly as a rule ' gainst law they live , Yet closely to it
...
hate , Here lusts moft opposite their hearts divide , Their beastly passion , and
their bankrupt pride . In passion they their native mate deface , In pride disdain to
be oblig'd to grace . Hence plainly as a rule ' gainst law they live , Yet closely to it
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Unconscious that the thought be wrays her pride , Ev'n pride of merit , pride of
righteoufness , Expecting Heav'n should love her for her dress ; Unmindful how
the fall her face did itain ,. And made her but a black unlovely swain ; * Gal . ii . 19
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Unconscious that the thought be wrays her pride , Ev'n pride of merit , pride of
righteoufness , Expecting Heav'n should love her for her dress ; Unmindful how
the fall her face did itain ,. And made her but a black unlovely swain ; * Gal . ii . 19
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... To recommend them . Thus the backward bride Affronts her suitor with her
modeft pride . Black hatred for his offer'd love repays , Pride under mask of
modesty displays : In part would save herself ; hence , fausy foul 42 GOSPEL
SONNETS .
... To recommend them . Thus the backward bride Affronts her suitor with her
modeft pride . Black hatred for his offer'd love repays , Pride under mask of
modesty displays : In part would save herself ; hence , fausy foul 42 GOSPEL
SONNETS .
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Till Heav'n's preventing mercy clear the fight , Confound the pride with supernat'
ral light : No haughty foul of human kind is brought i To mortify her self - exalting
thought . Yet holiest creatures in clay - tents that lodge , Be but their lives scann'd
...
Till Heav'n's preventing mercy clear the fight , Confound the pride with supernat'
ral light : No haughty foul of human kind is brought i To mortify her self - exalting
thought . Yet holiest creatures in clay - tents that lodge , Be but their lives scann'd
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Thus dev'lish pride oʻerlooks a thousand faults , And on a legal ground itself
exalts . This DO and LIVE , though doing pow'r be loft , In evóry mortal is proud
nature's boaft . How does a vain conceit of goodness swell , And feed false hope
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Thus dev'lish pride oʻerlooks a thousand faults , And on a legal ground itself
exalts . This DO and LIVE , though doing pow'r be loft , In evóry mortal is proud
nature's boaft . How does a vain conceit of goodness swell , And feed false hope
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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.
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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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