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... doth ? Yet I could willingly have wished , that rather than he should then have cut off the cable of his prayers , I had twisted my cord to it , and had joined with- him in his devotions : however , to make him the best amends I may , I ...
... doth ? Yet I could willingly have wished , that rather than he should then have cut off the cable of his prayers , I had twisted my cord to it , and had joined with- him in his devotions : however , to make him the best amends I may , I ...
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... doth wallow in sin : I beat him for crying to cut his meat , yet am not myself contented with that state thy Providence hath carved unto me : I beat him for crying when he is to go to sleep , and yet I fear I myself shall cry , when ...
... doth wallow in sin : I beat him for crying to cut his meat , yet am not myself contented with that state thy Providence hath carved unto me : I beat him for crying when he is to go to sleep , and yet I fear I myself shall cry , when ...
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... doth rather scour than defile . LORD , XXHI . OFTEN have I thonght with myself , I will sin but this one sin more , and then I will repent of it , and of all the rest of my sins together ; so foolish was I , and ignorant . As if I ...
... doth rather scour than defile . LORD , XXHI . OFTEN have I thonght with myself , I will sin but this one sin more , and then I will repent of it , and of all the rest of my sins together ; so foolish was I , and ignorant . As if I ...
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... doth tumble . Let me be summoned before I am surprised . Deli- ver me from sudden death . Not from sud- den death in respect of itself ; for I care not how short my passage be , so it be safe . Never any weary traveller complained ...
... doth tumble . Let me be summoned before I am surprised . Deli- ver me from sudden death . Not from sud- den death in respect of itself ; for I care not how short my passage be , so it be safe . Never any weary traveller complained ...
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... doth not follow , that because he did not , he could not do it ; or that he was less able to help himself , because he was more cha- ritable to relieve others . No , I see my Sa- viour was pleased to shew himself a God in other men's ...
... doth not follow , that because he did not , he could not do it ; or that he was less able to help himself , because he was more cha- ritable to relieve others . No , I see my Sa- viour was pleased to shew himself a God in other men's ...
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Popular passages
Page 148 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 106 - They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Page 140 - And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes ? and whence came they ? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Page 43 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 62 - My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 137 - And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? Was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Page 125 - Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Page 169 - And the land shall mourn, every family apart: the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart...
Page 82 - HA is the interjection of laughter ; Ah is an interjection of sorrow. The difference betwixt them very small, as consisting only in the transposition of what is no substantial letter, but a bare aspiration. How quickly, in the age of a minute, in the very turning of a breath, is our mirth changed into mourning ! XV.
Page 93 - Some therefore cried one thing, and some another : for the assembly was confused, and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.