Religious Cases of Conscience: Answered in an Evangelical Manner, at the Casuistical Lecture, in Little St. Helen's, Bishopgate-Street |
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... conclude that he enjoys God in the performance of duty ? 305 Quest . 4. How may a person know , in the ex- ercise of prayer , whether he is under the in- ] fluence of the blessed Spirit , or under the movings of his own natural spirit ...
... conclude that he enjoys God in the performance of duty ? 305 Quest . 4. How may a person know , in the ex- ercise of prayer , whether he is under the in- ] fluence of the blessed Spirit , or under the movings of his own natural spirit ...
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... conclude , that ordinances are profitable to them , merely because they are pleasing and delightful to their ears ; for the manner of the preacher's address may make a natural impression upon his hearers , without having any spirit- ual ...
... conclude , that ordinances are profitable to them , merely because they are pleasing and delightful to their ears ; for the manner of the preacher's address may make a natural impression upon his hearers , without having any spirit- ual ...
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... conclude from thence that we have received any spiritual advantage , or that there has been any thing more than the natural effect of a natural cause ; for in all this satisfaction there may be nothing spiritual or evangelical , even ...
... conclude from thence that we have received any spiritual advantage , or that there has been any thing more than the natural effect of a natural cause ; for in all this satisfaction there may be nothing spiritual or evangelical , even ...
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... conclude , that thou art a thriving Christian ; for most , if not the whole of this experience may only arise from a natural softness of temper , or from the natural impressions made upon thee by the liveli ness of the preacher , or the ...
... conclude , that thou art a thriving Christian ; for most , if not the whole of this experience may only arise from a natural softness of temper , or from the natural impressions made upon thee by the liveli ness of the preacher , or the ...
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... conclude , that we have dishonoured God in some instance or other , and provoked him thus partly to leave us . It is necessary then to inquire into the occasions of God's withdrawment , not only for our present , but for our future ...
... conclude , that we have dishonoured God in some instance or other , and provoked him thus partly to leave us . It is necessary then to inquire into the occasions of God's withdrawment , not only for our present , but for our future ...
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Page 365 - Christ; according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love ; having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved...
Page 147 - O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 323 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Page 189 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 66 - For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Page 351 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Page 325 - Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name ; for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Page 167 - Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Page 55 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
Page 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.