The Whole Works: Of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel, ... In Eight Volumes. To which is Added, an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters Contained in the Whole, Volume 7A. Weir and A. M'Lean. And sold at the shop of A. Weir, 1770 - Presbyterian Church |
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Page 1
... Judgment , true Zeal , and unftained Purity , are heartily wished . My dear Friends , T HERE are three fad fights with which our eyes fhould continually affect our hearts : The ( 1. ) Is to behold in every place , so many profane and ...
... Judgment , true Zeal , and unftained Purity , are heartily wished . My dear Friends , T HERE are three fad fights with which our eyes fhould continually affect our hearts : The ( 1. ) Is to behold in every place , so many profane and ...
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... judgment of the great day ; by which expreffion is not obscurely intimated some extraordinary judgment to which they are referved , as prison - ` ers that have moft irons laid upon them , may be supposed to be the greatest malefactors ...
... judgment of the great day ; by which expreffion is not obscurely intimated some extraordinary judgment to which they are referved , as prison - ` ers that have moft irons laid upon them , may be supposed to be the greatest malefactors ...
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... judgment , the law of his " God is in his heart . " When the heart is up with God , and full of God , how dex- terously and ingenioufly will he wind in fpiritual difcourfe , improving every occafion and advantage to fome heavenly pur ...
... judgment , the law of his " God is in his heart . " When the heart is up with God , and full of God , how dex- terously and ingenioufly will he wind in fpiritual difcourfe , improving every occafion and advantage to fome heavenly pur ...
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... judgment of God went by the fame rule that man's doth , we might value ourselves by thefe things , and stand upon them : But as one said ( when dying ) I shall not appear before God as a doctor , but as a man ; tantus quif- que eft ...
... judgment of God went by the fame rule that man's doth , we might value ourselves by thefe things , and stand upon them : But as one said ( when dying ) I shall not appear before God as a doctor , but as a man ; tantus quif- que eft ...
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... judgments fingle out the beft , and fpare the worft ? What though an Abel be killed in love , and a Cain furvive in hatred ; a bloody Dionyfius die in his bed , and a good Jofiah fail in battle ? What though the belly of the wicked be ...
... judgments fingle out the beft , and fpare the worft ? What though an Abel be killed in love , and a Cain furvive in hatred ; a bloody Dionyfius die in his bed , and a good Jofiah fail in battle ? What though the belly of the wicked be ...
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Popular passages
Page 482 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Page 498 - And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord : and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Page 499 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts ; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
Page 493 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 10 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 479 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 176 - He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His Word, in him verily is the love of God perfected : hereby know we that we are in Him.
Page 497 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Page 482 - For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 480 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water : and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him : And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.