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... hope of uniting the different par- ties having vanished , his resignation was accepted . He now retired to Broadhurst in Sussex , where his sister resided , the widow of Edward Lightmaker , Esq . , and here he lived in great privacy ...
... hope of uniting the different par- ties having vanished , his resignation was accepted . He now retired to Broadhurst in Sussex , where his sister resided , the widow of Edward Lightmaker , Esq . , and here he lived in great privacy ...
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... hope of success in so great a work by my own strength and abilities ; but , while I humbly depend upon the divine goodness and favour , I have no reason to de- spair ; for in the hand of Omnipotence , all instruments are alike . Nor can ...
... hope of success in so great a work by my own strength and abilities ; but , while I humbly depend upon the divine goodness and favour , I have no reason to de- spair ; for in the hand of Omnipotence , all instruments are alike . Nor can ...
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... hope of immortality , and these earnest desires after it , are a very strong evidence of that immortality . These impressions , though in most men they lie overpowered and almost extinguished by the weight of their bodies and an ...
... hope of immortality , and these earnest desires after it , are a very strong evidence of that immortality . These impressions , though in most men they lie overpowered and almost extinguished by the weight of their bodies and an ...
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... hope , we are of all men the most miserable . The apostle indeed does not intend these words as a direct proof of the immortality of the soul in a separate state , but as an argument to prove the resurrection of the body ; which is a ...
... hope , we are of all men the most miserable . The apostle indeed does not intend these words as a direct proof of the immortality of the soul in a separate state , but as an argument to prove the resurrection of the body ; which is a ...
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... hope ; for now I begin to despise the remains of a broken constitu- tion , as being to remove into that immensity of time and into the possession of endless ages . " O how much does the soul gain by this removal ! As for you , I doubt ...
... hope ; for now I begin to despise the remains of a broken constitu- tion , as being to remove into that immensity of time and into the possession of endless ages . " O how much does the soul gain by this removal ! As for you , I doubt ...
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Page 87 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 152 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Page 161 - Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, LORD, what wait I for ? my hope is- in Thee.
Page 206 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 237 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 130 - Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Page 97 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Page 129 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 196 - Go, and tell this people, HEAR ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 190 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, Which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; And thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.