The Whole Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Leighton, D.D., Archbishop of Glasgow: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author by John Norman Pearson, Volume 1James Duncan, 1830 |
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Page xxvii
... Charles the Second , when first he recovered the throne of his fathers , was welcomed with every demonstration of delight . To the eyes of an excited multitude his return was that of a tutelary deity , ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON . xxvii.
... Charles the Second , when first he recovered the throne of his fathers , was welcomed with every demonstration of delight . To the eyes of an excited multitude his return was that of a tutelary deity , ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON . xxvii.
Page xl
... delight it was to dwell in solitary converse with his God , and with the things that are invisible and eternal . To suppose that a man of this temper and these habits was carried out of himself by such a flush of ambition and vanity ...
... delight it was to dwell in solitary converse with his God , and with the things that are invisible and eternal . To suppose that a man of this temper and these habits was carried out of himself by such a flush of ambition and vanity ...
Page cvi
... delights , but his will alone , and his glory , who is our peace , and our life , and our all . And , truly , I think it were our best and wisest reflection upon the many difficulties and discouragements without us , to be driven by ...
... delights , but his will alone , and his glory , who is our peace , and our life , and our all . And , truly , I think it were our best and wisest reflection upon the many difficulties and discouragements without us , to be driven by ...
Page cxv
... delight in the inspired volume we have ample evidence in his writings , which are beautifully studded with gems extracted from that sacred mine . How would he lament that most people , instead of feeding upon scriptural verities ...
... delight in the inspired volume we have ample evidence in his writings , which are beautifully studded with gems extracted from that sacred mine . How would he lament that most people , instead of feeding upon scriptural verities ...
Page cxvi
... delightful acquaintance with its contents . With the book of psalms he was particularly conversant , and would sometimes style it , by an elegant application of a scriptural metaphor , " a bundle of myrrh , that ought to lie day and ...
... delightful acquaintance with its contents . With the book of psalms he was particularly conversant , and would sometimes style it , by an elegant application of a scriptural metaphor , " a bundle of myrrh , that ought to lie day and ...
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Page 194 - THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made, And all those things have been, saith the Lord: But to this man will I look, Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, And trembleth at my word.
Page 48 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
Page 93 - For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 182 - How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.
Page 98 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 36 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 314 - Christ ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Page 76 - Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Page 115 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Page 161 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.