Thoughts on Religious Experience: To which is Added an Appendix Containing "Letters to the Aged," &c. &c |
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... pains . They habituate themselves to think that religion is an awk- ward unseemly thing , and wonder how any person of sense can bear to attend to it . Very often this high reverie of pleasure is short : in such a world as this , events ...
... pains . They habituate themselves to think that religion is an awk- ward unseemly thing , and wonder how any person of sense can bear to attend to it . Very often this high reverie of pleasure is short : in such a world as this , events ...
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... painful penances should be prescribed to the sinner , he will readily submit to them if he may , by this means , make some atonement for his sins . But as the light increases , he begins to see that his heart is wicked ; and to be con ...
... painful penances should be prescribed to the sinner , he will readily submit to them if he may , by this means , make some atonement for his sins . But as the light increases , he begins to see that his heart is wicked ; and to be con ...
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... painful process of self - examination is therefore requisite , for every believer has possession already of all that could be learned from such exam- ination . Among others , doubting , it is to be feared , is too much encouraged ; and ...
... painful process of self - examination is therefore requisite , for every believer has possession already of all that could be learned from such exam- ination . Among others , doubting , it is to be feared , is too much encouraged ; and ...
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... painful state of feel- ing . It is often produced , in a moment , by hearing some unpleasant intelligence , or by the occurrence of some disagreeable event . But , as was hinted , when these people of nervous temperament are relieved ...
... painful state of feel- ing . It is often produced , in a moment , by hearing some unpleasant intelligence , or by the occurrence of some disagreeable event . But , as was hinted , when these people of nervous temperament are relieved ...
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... - mitting anguish , they are not capable of hearing , on account of the painful disorder of their minds . But if their disorder is not come to such a distressing height , you may kindly and gently persuade them to RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE . 55.
... - mitting anguish , they are not capable of hearing , on account of the painful disorder of their minds . But if their disorder is not come to such a distressing height , you may kindly and gently persuade them to RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE . 55.
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Page 299 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the LORD : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD.
Page 316 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 283 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven...
Page 316 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 355 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Page 109 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 299 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven : if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
Page 357 - Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Page 293 - Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must pronounce thee just in death ; And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well.
Page 330 - ... the earth shall be full of the knowledge of God, as the waters cover the sea.