The Works of Nathanael Emmons ...: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 3Crocker and Brewster, 1842 - Theology |
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... present life is a state of trial , not of retribution . God chastises our guilty race only when his chastisements will answer some wise and important purpose . His unerring wisdom is con- cerned in fixing the proper time , the peculiar ...
... present life is a state of trial , not of retribution . God chastises our guilty race only when his chastisements will answer some wise and important purpose . His unerring wisdom is con- cerned in fixing the proper time , the peculiar ...
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... present afflicted and trying situation . Dear sir : you have for days been eating the bread of mourners , and lamenting a bereavement which you had long and painfully anticipated . The Lord has finally come and taken away the wife of ...
... present afflicted and trying situation . Dear sir : you have for days been eating the bread of mourners , and lamenting a bereavement which you had long and painfully anticipated . The Lord has finally come and taken away the wife of ...
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... present affliction . The Lord has taken away your faithful and affectionate mother , who once carried you in her arms , who long bore you upon ' her heart , and who always expressed the tenderest concern for your present and future good ...
... present affliction . The Lord has taken away your faithful and affectionate mother , who once carried you in her arms , who long bore you upon ' her heart , and who always expressed the tenderest concern for your present and future good ...
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... present consideration : Since all men are uncertain when they shall die , it concerns them to live in a constant preparation for dying , I shall show , I. That all men are uncertain when they shall die . II . That it concerns all to ...
... present consideration : Since all men are uncertain when they shall die , it concerns them to live in a constant preparation for dying , I shall show , I. That all men are uncertain when they shall die . II . That it concerns all to ...
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... present life . In the day that death seizes the sons of men , in that very day all their worldly thoughts must perish , and all their earthly em- ployments cease . " If a man die , shall he live again ? " No : he shall never return to ...
... present life . In the day that death seizes the sons of men , in that very day all their worldly thoughts must perish , and all their earthly em- ployments cease . " If a man die , shall he live again ? " No : he shall never return to ...
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Page 331 - And he said, This will I do, I will pull down my barns, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits, and my goods. 21 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.
Page 475 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Page 158 - ... that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us...
Page 474 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 149 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 80 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 356 - Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Page 318 - For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 375 - 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 57 - Then Job answered the LORD, and said, Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer thee! I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will not answer : Yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.