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... Thou hast access to every heart , and knowest every thought of every creature in thy wide dominions . Look down from thine eternal throne , and teach one of the meanest of thy creatures to sup- plicate thy ... thee . But if thou hast 14.
... Thou hast access to every heart , and knowest every thought of every creature in thy wide dominions . Look down from thine eternal throne , and teach one of the meanest of thy creatures to sup- plicate thy ... thee . But if thou hast 14.
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... thou hast inclined to write this little volume ; and such his who reads it . But thou hast power to soften the rock , and melt the ice , and change the heart ; and hast thou not the desire . Merciful Maker , hast thou not sworn as I ...
... thou hast inclined to write this little volume ; and such his who reads it . But thou hast power to soften the rock , and melt the ice , and change the heart ; and hast thou not the desire . Merciful Maker , hast thou not sworn as I ...
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... thou who pities wretched men , teach the young readers of this book to pity ... thee , shall be silent in the grave , that then , though dead , he may yet ... hast received gifts for men . Bestow them O Fa- ther and Lord of all , and ...
... thou who pities wretched men , teach the young readers of this book to pity ... thee , shall be silent in the grave , that then , though dead , he may yet ... hast received gifts for men . Bestow them O Fa- ther and Lord of all , and ...
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... thee , and employed it in neglecting and sinning against thee . I might have died from the womb , or seen the light and closed my eyes in death , but thou didst watch over me in infancy , didst guard me in childhood , and hast brought ...
... thee , and employed it in neglecting and sinning against thee . I might have died from the womb , or seen the light and closed my eyes in death , but thou didst watch over me in infancy , didst guard me in childhood , and hast brought ...
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... thou hast been kind to me , but I an unkind , unthankful wretch to thee . Not many years have departed since I first ... Thou hast bid me remember thee in my youth ; but I have forgotten thee . Thou hast commanded me to love thee ; but I ...
... thou hast been kind to me , but I an unkind , unthankful wretch to thee . Not many years have departed since I first ... Thou hast bid me remember thee in my youth ; but I have forgotten thee . Thou hast commanded me to love thee ; but I ...
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Page 93 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (of whom the world was not worthy) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 117 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Page 47 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.
Page 258 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 59 - But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 249 - For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward, how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation...
Page 106 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Page 187 - ... and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Page 250 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 235 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.