The Christian remembrancer: or, Short reflections upon the faith, life and conduct of a real Christian [by A. Serle].Albion Press printed by and for James Cundee and M. Jones, 1807 - 301 pages |
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... brings an understanding of divine things superior to all speculations , but gives with it a fulness of satisfaction , arising from the very taste and perception of the things themselves . Faith takes them for realities , hope is ...
... brings an understanding of divine things superior to all speculations , but gives with it a fulness of satisfaction , arising from the very taste and perception of the things themselves . Faith takes them for realities , hope is ...
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... brings new force out of old truths , which have charmed the soul a thousand times . It discovers the multiform and mani- fold wisdom of God in what he hath spoken ; insomuch that , from under the veil of one precious instruction ...
... brings new force out of old truths , which have charmed the soul a thousand times . It discovers the multiform and mani- fold wisdom of God in what he hath spoken ; insomuch that , from under the veil of one precious instruction ...
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... bring him thither . The worldly wise can only value this ( if at all ) when car- nal knowledge is dying with their bodies , and all their trifling thoughts are about to perish . Hence it is , that the poor man's knowledge being sound ...
... bring him thither . The worldly wise can only value this ( if at all ) when car- nal knowledge is dying with their bodies , and all their trifling thoughts are about to perish . Hence it is , that the poor man's knowledge being sound ...
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... bring to the unspotted holiness of heaven , an holiness equally unspotted ; or he could never have been there . He had previously done no- , thing but enormous transgressions , till hé was suspended by the side of his Saviour ; and then ...
... bring to the unspotted holiness of heaven , an holiness equally unspotted ; or he could never have been there . He had previously done no- , thing but enormous transgressions , till hé was suspended by the side of his Saviour ; and then ...
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... strong emblems of the curses and evils , which sin brings upon the souls of all men by nature ; and thy visitations of Israel were likewise representations of thy conduct in grace towards all thy 60 CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANcer .
... strong emblems of the curses and evils , which sin brings upon the souls of all men by nature ; and thy visitations of Israel were likewise representations of thy conduct in grace towards all thy 60 CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANcer .
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Page 51 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Page 40 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth : break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Page 266 - Sit here at my footstool," have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
Page 65 - As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him...
Page 231 - Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you...
Page 231 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Page 274 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Page 44 - God, in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.
Page 2 - For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.
Page 271 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.