Sermons and letters. To which is prefixed a memoir of the authorGeorge Wood, 1827 - 448 pages |
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... ourselves changed , and daily , perhaps , changing more ; whilst we wonder at our former thought- lessness and unconcern , " & c . And again , in 1817 , in another letter , he says , " If I am , as I would humbly hope , brought to a ...
... ourselves changed , and daily , perhaps , changing more ; whilst we wonder at our former thought- lessness and unconcern , " & c . And again , in 1817 , in another letter , he says , " If I am , as I would humbly hope , brought to a ...
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... ourselves : they are set before us either for warning or imitation ; not for the sake of any poor useless invective against the world , still less to nourish spiritual pride , or spiritual delusion of any kind . Oh ! let me pray against ...
... ourselves : they are set before us either for warning or imitation ; not for the sake of any poor useless invective against the world , still less to nourish spiritual pride , or spiritual delusion of any kind . Oh ! let me pray against ...
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... ourselves still more guilty in the sight of God by actual sins , by many and re- peated acts of disobedience ; and if the God whom we have offended were to enter into judgment with us , who could be justified ? But blessed be God ...
... ourselves still more guilty in the sight of God by actual sins , by many and re- peated acts of disobedience ; and if the God whom we have offended were to enter into judgment with us , who could be justified ? But blessed be God ...
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... ourselves as sinful creatures , who in numberless instances have sinned against God , and trans- gressed his holy laws , abused his patience , and done despite to the Spirit of his grace ; and who , therefore , may justly dread his ...
... ourselves as sinful creatures , who in numberless instances have sinned against God , and trans- gressed his holy laws , abused his patience , and done despite to the Spirit of his grace ; and who , therefore , may justly dread his ...
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... ourselves , and needed therefore a Saviour . We are taught that in the fulness of time he became incarnate , took our nature upon him , and not only lived for a while in that nature , but at length at the appointed hour voluntarily ...
... ourselves , and needed therefore a Saviour . We are taught that in the fulness of time he became incarnate , took our nature upon him , and not only lived for a while in that nature , but at length at the appointed hour voluntarily ...
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Page 127 - ... the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power ; when He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Page 185 - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Page viii - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 304 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Page 93 - And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and will give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep mine ordinances and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Page 296 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents : the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall serve him.
Page x - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 66 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her ; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Page 93 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 105 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.