No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse Showing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ...1845 |
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... Lord , I persuade thee to be serious , diligent , and fervent about thy own salvation ! As one knowing the comfort , peace , joy , and pleasure of the ways of right- eousness , I exhort and invite thee to embrace the re- proofs and ...
... Lord , I persuade thee to be serious , diligent , and fervent about thy own salvation ! As one knowing the comfort , peace , joy , and pleasure of the ways of right- eousness , I exhort and invite thee to embrace the re- proofs and ...
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... Lord Jesus hath told us , 66 That whosoever doth not take up his daily cross , and come after him , cannot be his disciple ; ” or , admitting it for truth , conclude , that the generality of Christendom do miserably deceive and ...
... Lord Jesus hath told us , 66 That whosoever doth not take up his daily cross , and come after him , cannot be his disciple ; ” or , admitting it for truth , conclude , that the generality of Christendom do miserably deceive and ...
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... lord of lusts to him they bow with the whole powers of soul and sense . What shall we eat ? What shall we drink ? What shall we wear ? And how shall we pass away our time ? Which way may we gather wealth , increase our power , enlarge ...
... lord of lusts to him they bow with the whole powers of soul and sense . What shall we eat ? What shall we drink ? What shall we wear ? And how shall we pass away our time ? Which way may we gather wealth , increase our power , enlarge ...
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... Lord Jesus crucified , long after he had been ascended . As Christ said of old , a man's enemies are those of his own house ; so Christ's enemies now are chiefly those of his own profession : " they spit upon him , they nail and pierce ...
... Lord Jesus crucified , long after he had been ascended . As Christ said of old , a man's enemies are those of his own house ; so Christ's enemies now are chiefly those of his own profession : " they spit upon him , they nail and pierce ...
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... Lord ? they will cry , God forbid else . Yes , he is our Lord . Very well ; but do you keep his commandments ? No , how should we ? How then are you his disciples ? It is impossible , say they ; What ! would you have us keep his ...
... Lord ? they will cry , God forbid else . Yes , he is our Lord . Very well ; but do you keep his commandments ? No , how should we ? How then are you his disciples ? It is impossible , say they ; What ! would you have us keep his ...
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Page 217 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ? They say unto him, We are able.
Page 330 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Page 178 - But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Page 41 - Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 77 - For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water ; whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 123 - I receive not honour from men. 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Page 335 - For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, Godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Page 333 - For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ...
Page 76 - Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation : my God will hear me.
Page 360 - There is a great deal in the world that is delightful and beautiful; there is a great deal in it that is great and engrossing; but it will not last. All that is in the world, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, are but for a little while.