The Saint's Everlasting Rest: Or a Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Heaven |
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... divine grace , you may learn the heavenly art of walking with God below , of living in a constant view and foretaste of the glories of the New Jerusalem , and of mak- ing all you say or do , suffer or enjoy , subservient to the ...
... divine grace , you may learn the heavenly art of walking with God below , of living in a constant view and foretaste of the glories of the New Jerusalem , and of mak- ing all you say or do , suffer or enjoy , subservient to the ...
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... divine of the last age . He was born near Shrewsbury in 1615 , and died at London in 1691 . His ministry , in an unsettled state , was for many years employed with great and extensive success , both in Lon- don , and several parts of ...
... divine of the last age . He was born near Shrewsbury in 1615 , and died at London in 1691 . His ministry , in an unsettled state , was for many years employed with great and extensive success , both in Lon- don , and several parts of ...
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... divine revelation . He had a marvellous facility and copiousness in speaking . There was a noble negligence in his style , for his great mind could not stoop to the affected eloquence of words ; he despised flashy oratory ; but his ...
... divine revelation . He had a marvellous facility and copiousness in speaking . There was a noble negligence in his style , for his great mind could not stoop to the affected eloquence of words ; he despised flashy oratory ; but his ...
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... divine pres- ence , by a light so strong and lively , that all the glittering vanities of this world vanish in that comparison , and a sin- cere believer will despise them , as one of mature age does the toys and baubles of children ...
... divine pres- ence , by a light so strong and lively , that all the glittering vanities of this world vanish in that comparison , and a sin- cere believer will despise them , as one of mature age does the toys and baubles of children ...
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... other choice authors : But not long before his death he took singular delight to read Mr. Baxter's Saint's everlasting Rest , and preparation thereunto ; which was esteemed a gracious event of divine providence send ing PREFACE . 9.
... other choice authors : But not long before his death he took singular delight to read Mr. Baxter's Saint's everlasting Rest , and preparation thereunto ; which was esteemed a gracious event of divine providence send ing PREFACE . 9.
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Popular passages
Page 297 - For which cause we faint not ; but though our outward, man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
Page 288 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 267 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing...
Page 251 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 48 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Page 31 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 381 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 42 - Lord, save us, we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him...
Page 116 - For yourselves know perfectly that the Day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Page 255 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.