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... dangers to which the direct enlarging upon failings , without the immediate thought of God's presence , is likely to lead . ORIEL COLLEGE , July 5 , 1838 . J. H. N. CONTENTS . On Devotion and Prayer Reflections on Private Devotion 6 ...
... dangers to which the direct enlarging upon failings , without the immediate thought of God's presence , is likely to lead . ORIEL COLLEGE , July 5 , 1838 . J. H. N. CONTENTS . On Devotion and Prayer Reflections on Private Devotion 6 ...
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... danger : -This is the grace of humility . 3dly . By considering God's goodness , power , and readiness to help us : -This is called faith in God . Lastly . By convincing our hearts of the vanity of every thing else to afford us any real ...
... danger : -This is the grace of humility . 3dly . By considering God's goodness , power , and readiness to help us : -This is called faith in God . Lastly . By convincing our hearts of the vanity of every thing else to afford us any real ...
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... danger . " And Aaron shall bear the names of the chil- dren of Israel in the breast - plate of judgment upon his heart , when he goeth in unto the holy place , for a memorial before the Lord continually . " - Exodus xxviii . 29 . Let ...
... danger . " And Aaron shall bear the names of the chil- dren of Israel in the breast - plate of judgment upon his heart , when he goeth in unto the holy place , for a memorial before the Lord continually . " - Exodus xxviii . 29 . Let ...
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... dangers and necessities , stretch forth Thy right hand to save and defend us . CHARITY . O , send Thy Holy Ghost , and pour into my heart that most excellent gift of charity , that very bond of peace and of all virtue , without which ...
... dangers and necessities , stretch forth Thy right hand to save and defend us . CHARITY . O , send Thy Holy Ghost , and pour into my heart that most excellent gift of charity , that very bond of peace and of all virtue , without which ...
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... lovely children . EXTRAORDINARY DELIVERANCES . From dangerous wounds I received in my head and thigh , when a child ; From gunpowder ; From fire ; From the dangers of SACRA PRIVATA . 47 Special Favours Extraordinary Deliverances.
... lovely children . EXTRAORDINARY DELIVERANCES . From dangerous wounds I received in my head and thigh , when a child ; From gunpowder ; From fire ; From the dangers of SACRA PRIVATA . 47 Special Favours Extraordinary Deliverances.
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Page 52 - Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Page 175 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 87 - For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it ? Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish...
Page 175 - ... as unknown, and yet well known ; as dying, and, behold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed ; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing ; as poor, yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 238 - Behold I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me.
Page 119 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 288 - And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Page 193 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day : and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 211 - LOOKING UNTO JESUS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH ; WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SHAME, AND IS SET DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF GOD. FOR CONSIDER HIM THAT ENDURED SUCH CONTRADICTION OF SINNERS AGAINST HIMSELF, LEST YE BE WEARIED AND FAINT IN YOUR MINDS.
Page 31 - Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.