Short Discourses to be Read in Families, Volume 1A. Towar [and others], 1834 - Christian life |
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... desire of display , but would strive with all brevity , affectionately and piously to address their plain understandings , consciences , and feelings . " The author has inserted this paragraph , because there is such a remarkable ...
... desire of display , but would strive with all brevity , affectionately and piously to address their plain understandings , consciences , and feelings . " The author has inserted this paragraph , because there is such a remarkable ...
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... desires . Behold a family of se- veral children . Here is one who is able to come and ask for his supplies in proper ... desire is before him , and thy groaning is not hid from him . He calls himself your Father , to teach you with what ...
... desires . Behold a family of se- veral children . Here is one who is able to come and ask for his supplies in proper ... desire is before him , and thy groaning is not hid from him . He calls himself your Father , to teach you with what ...
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... desire is before him , and my groaning is not hid from him . " Thou God seest me ! This is a pleasing reflec- tion when I am suffering under the suspicions of friends , or the reproaches of enemies . " Behold , now , also my witness is ...
... desire is before him , and my groaning is not hid from him . " Thou God seest me ! This is a pleasing reflec- tion when I am suffering under the suspicions of friends , or the reproaches of enemies . " Behold , now , also my witness is ...
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... us , and whom we highly esteem and reverence , elevates our minds and refines our behaviour : and we desire to act so as to gain his approbation . A servant feels this when he is before his master , and a 62 THE EYE OF GOD.
... us , and whom we highly esteem and reverence , elevates our minds and refines our behaviour : and we desire to act so as to gain his approbation . A servant feels this when he is before his master , and a 62 THE EYE OF GOD.
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... from each other , but in one thing they are agreed : they all wish for satisfaction ; they all desire inward tran- quillity . And , indeed , what is everything else 1 without this ? What is ease of circumstances , 72 CONFIDENCE IN GOD.
... from each other , but in one thing they are agreed : they all wish for satisfaction ; they all desire inward tran- quillity . And , indeed , what is everything else 1 without this ? What is ease of circumstances , 72 CONFIDENCE IN GOD.
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Page 226 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn Thou me, and I shall be turned ; for Thou art the Lord my God.
Page i - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 98 - Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Page 235 - And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 271 - But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above :) •%• Or, who shall descend into the deep ? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith, which we preach...
Page 26 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 307 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 269 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 161 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us;' and he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know ye not whence ye are.
Page 50 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.