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... things be done in order . 282 SERMON XVII . On the Government of the Heart . PROVERBS , iv . 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are the issues of life . 299 SERMON XVIII . The same Subject continued . PROVERBS , iv ...
... things be done in order . 282 SERMON XVII . On the Government of the Heart . PROVERBS , iv . 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are the issues of life . 299 SERMON XVIII . The same Subject continued . PROVERBS , iv ...
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... things which God hath connected , and which it is impious . in man to separate . It is only when they remain united , that they can come up as a grateful memorial before God . I shall first endeavour to shew you , That alms without ...
... things which God hath connected , and which it is impious . in man to separate . It is only when they remain united , that they can come up as a grateful memorial before God . I shall first endeavour to shew you , That alms without ...
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... things which he saith ; and that love , peace , gentleness , goodness , meekness , and temperance , are not only the injunctions of his law , but the native fruits of his spirit . * If therefore , while piety seems ardent , morality ...
... things which he saith ; and that love , peace , gentleness , goodness , meekness , and temperance , are not only the injunctions of his law , but the native fruits of his spirit . * If therefore , while piety seems ardent , morality ...
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... things , which though in theory they may be separated , yet in prac- tice must always co - exist , if either of them be real ; Devotion to God , and Charity to men . Let us con- sider next the happy effects of their union . Their union ...
... things , which though in theory they may be separated , yet in prac- tice must always co - exist , if either of them be real ; Devotion to God , and Charity to men . Let us con- sider next the happy effects of their union . Their union ...
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... things ; to this good centurion an angel was commissioned from the throne of God . What can I say more or higher in praise of this blessed character , than that it is what God delights to honour ? Men single out , as the objects of dis ...
... things ; to this good centurion an angel was commissioned from the throne of God . What can I say more or higher in praise of this blessed character , than that it is what God delights to honour ? Men single out , as the objects of dis ...
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Page 221 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 61 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 233 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease; neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life : In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Page 43 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 83 - These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee...
Page 226 - We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 156 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 423 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 129 - For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?
Page 351 - God is not a man, that he should lie, Nor the son of man, that he should repent. Hath he said, and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good...