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Page 47 - O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea...
Page 258 - GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers ; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace...
Page 31 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Page 258 - GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful ; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 97 - I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel ; which is not another ; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Page 72 - ... the dead, small and great, shall stand before God ; and the books shall be opened ; and another book shall be opened, which is the book of life ; and the dead shall be judged out of those things which are written in the books, according to their works...
Page 259 - BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page 275 - Mr. Boyle, speaking of a certain mineral, tells us, that a man may consume his whole life in the study of it, without arriving at the knowledge of all its qualities. The truth of it is, there is not a single science, or any branch of it, that might not furnish a man with business for life, though it were much longer than it is. I...
Page 269 - God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness ; that the man of God may be thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 91 - Bible, will find, one day, that he has time to be sick ; he who has no time to pray, must find time to die. He who can find no time to reflect, is most likely to find time to sin ; he who cannot find time for repentance, will find an eternity in which repentance will be of no avail. Let us, then, under the influence of the divine spirit, seriously reflect, under what law we came into the world : " it is appointed for all men once to die, and after death, the JUDGMENT.