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... suppose that the publican smote on his breast , and cried , " God be merciful to me a sinner , " from a sense of duty , and not rather from a conviction of sin , and a deep feel- ing of his need of mercy ? And yet how many ask for mercy ...
... suppose that the publican smote on his breast , and cried , " God be merciful to me a sinner , " from a sense of duty , and not rather from a conviction of sin , and a deep feel- ing of his need of mercy ? And yet how many ask for mercy ...
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... suppose that when prayer was made of the church for Peter , being in prison , they prayed for every body and every thing first and only brought in Peter's case at the close ? Petitions have usually numerous signatures . So should there ...
... suppose that when prayer was made of the church for Peter , being in prison , they prayed for every body and every thing first and only brought in Peter's case at the close ? Petitions have usually numerous signatures . So should there ...
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... praise . Christian reader , you complain perhaps that your prayer is not heard ; suppose you try the efficacy of praise . Peradventure you will find that the way to obtain new favors is to praise the Lord for favors 40 PRACTICAL THOUGHTS .
... praise . Christian reader , you complain perhaps that your prayer is not heard ; suppose you try the efficacy of praise . Peradventure you will find that the way to obtain new favors is to praise the Lord for favors 40 PRACTICAL THOUGHTS .
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... suppose it is re- quired , does not that alter the case ? Will these per- sons say they do not like what God requires ? And does he not require a profession ? His inspired apos- tle twice exhorts Christians to hold fast their pro ...
... suppose it is re- quired , does not that alter the case ? Will these per- sons say they do not like what God requires ? And does he not require a profession ? His inspired apos- tle twice exhorts Christians to hold fast their pro ...
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... suppose . What case of real subjection to the Gospel of Christ do we read of , which was not also a case of " professed subjection " to it ? Paul , in 2 Cor . 9 : 13 , speaks of some who glorified God for the " pro- fessed subjection ...
... suppose . What case of real subjection to the Gospel of Christ do we read of , which was not also a case of " professed subjection " to it ? Paul , in 2 Cor . 9 : 13 , speaks of some who glorified God for the " pro- fessed subjection ...
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Page 66 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 197 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Page 29 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 67 - UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
Page 135 - For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...
Page 123 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 193 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 47 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : neither as being lords over God's heritage, but...
Page 59 - I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.
Page 28 - And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. I will remember the works of the LORD : surely I will remember thy wonders of old.