The Life of Mrs. Mary Fletcher: Consort and Relict of the Rev. John Fletcher, Vicar of Madely, Salop

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G. Lane & P.P. Sandford, 1846 - 398 pages
 

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Page 393 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 114 - The Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King, he will save us." I felt great enlargement while endeavouring to show the purity of our Judge, whose eyes could endure no iniquity. That as a Lawgiver he was just and holy, and
Page 9 - through Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. " Wherefore they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they through grace obey the calling: they be justified freely : they be made sons of God by adoption: they be
Page 351 - The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye: My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 113 - shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend." When we got to Huddersfield, I told them the conversation we had had by the way, and the posture of
Page 340 - I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; but I will put my fear in. their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart, and with my whole soul.
Page 219 - He staggered not at the promise through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God ; and being fully persuaded that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Page 327 - Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.
Page 111 - much delight in sacrifices and burnt-offerings as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

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