The Whole Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Leighton: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, Volume 2James Duncan, 1825 - Theology |
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... Grace the way is better , a living way indeed , so , there is this advantage also , that we are not left to our own ... grace in Him , a in Him , a spirit derived from Him , enabling believers to follow Him in their measure . They may ...
... Grace the way is better , a living way indeed , so , there is this advantage also , that we are not left to our own ... grace in Him , a in Him , a spirit derived from Him , enabling believers to follow Him in their measure . They may ...
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... Grace to pick and choose where It will , one of a family , or two of a tribe , as the Prophet hath it , Jer . iii . 14 ; and according to our Saviour's word , two in one bed , the one taken and the other left , Luke xvii . 34 ; some ...
... Grace to pick and choose where It will , one of a family , or two of a tribe , as the Prophet hath it , Jer . iii . 14 ; and according to our Saviour's word , two in one bed , the one taken and the other left , Luke xvii . 34 ; some ...
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... Grace , once wrought , may make good use of that , ) make their con- version easier , but the harder rather , for through nature's cor- ruption , they would by that be led to yield more to evil than to good ; but the efficacy of Grace ...
... Grace , once wrought , may make good use of that , ) make their con- version easier , but the harder rather , for through nature's cor- ruption , they would by that be led to yield more to evil than to good ; but the efficacy of Grace ...
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... grace that peculiarly deserves that name , as the sins contrary to it are usually and deservedly called uncleanness . It is the pure whiteness of the soul to be chaste , to abhor and disdain the swinish puddle of lust , than which there ...
... grace that peculiarly deserves that name , as the sins contrary to it are usually and deservedly called uncleanness . It is the pure whiteness of the soul to be chaste , to abhor and disdain the swinish puddle of lust , than which there ...
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... grace , and it holds true in the rest . The Apostle doth indeed expressly , on purpose , check and forbid vanity and excess in apparel , and excessive delight in law- ful decorum , but his prime end is to recommend this other or- nament ...
... grace , and it holds true in the rest . The Apostle doth indeed expressly , on purpose , check and forbid vanity and excess in apparel , and excessive delight in law- ful decorum , but his prime end is to recommend this other or- nament ...
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Page 506 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Page 380 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 613 - For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Page 541 - Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, LORD, what wait I for ? my hope is- in Thee.
Page 576 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Page 484 - But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Page 201 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 520 - OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Page 563 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Page 563 - Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.