Memoir of the Rev. John Maclaren, ... Including Selections from His Letters and Sermons1861 |
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... Christ . This he held to be in fact heresy and ruinous heresy . As if God's Word anywhere built up a barrier between the sinner and Christ ! But his views upon this important point will appear immediately . 2. From what has been said it ...
... Christ . This he held to be in fact heresy and ruinous heresy . As if God's Word anywhere built up a barrier between the sinner and Christ ! But his views upon this important point will appear immediately . 2. From what has been said it ...
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... Christ from his childhood , and been brought up under evangelical instruction both at home and in the church , but he knew the system of Chris- tianity as a theory . Nevertheless , when it had to be . put in practice , he had to learn ...
... Christ from his childhood , and been brought up under evangelical instruction both at home and in the church , but he knew the system of Chris- tianity as a theory . Nevertheless , when it had to be . put in practice , he had to learn ...
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... Christ as he is freely offered in the Gospel . That the sinner is to come just as he is , in all his guiltiness and ... Christ did and en- dured he found everything to glorify the holiness of God's character , to satisfy the demands of ...
... Christ as he is freely offered in the Gospel . That the sinner is to come just as he is , in all his guiltiness and ... Christ did and en- dured he found everything to glorify the holiness of God's character , to satisfy the demands of ...
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... Christ as his Saviour . Christ's blood the ground of pardon , Christ's Spirit the source of life and strength - these two truths formed the pillars of his Christianity . The language of his heart was , " In the Lord have I righteousness ...
... Christ as his Saviour . Christ's blood the ground of pardon , Christ's Spirit the source of life and strength - these two truths formed the pillars of his Christianity . The language of his heart was , " In the Lord have I righteousness ...
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... Christ's all - suffi- ciency to the sinner in all circumstances , and ever rallied his heart again with this great and vital principle . There have not been awanting examples of those to whom , in the absence of clear and simple views ...
... Christ's all - suffi- ciency to the sinner in all circumstances , and ever rallied his heart again with this great and vital principle . There have not been awanting examples of those to whom , in the absence of clear and simple views ...
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Page 174 - I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
Page 229 - Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 228 - He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Page 279 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Page 229 - Darkness be over me, My rest a stone ; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, — Nearer to Thee...
Page 276 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia ; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Page 255 - And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined.
Page 201 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 266 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 281 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread Avith me, hath lifted up his heel against me.