The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 8 |
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... fear , that every one who findeth him will slay him . Alas ! how are we fallen ! how are we plunged into a gulf of misery ! The sun has gone down on us , death has come in at our windows ; our enemies have put out our two eyes , and ...
... fear , that every one who findeth him will slay him . Alas ! how are we fallen ! how are we plunged into a gulf of misery ! The sun has gone down on us , death has come in at our windows ; our enemies have put out our two eyes , and ...
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... fear , you are aware of ; for , as in water face answereth to face , so the heart of man to man , Prov . xxvii . 19. As , looking into clear water , you see your own face ; so , looking into your heart , you may see other men's there ...
... fear , you are aware of ; for , as in water face answereth to face , so the heart of man to man , Prov . xxvii . 19. As , looking into clear water , you see your own face ; so , looking into your heart , you may see other men's there ...
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... fear , seek , con- fess , they know not what . Thus you may see man's understanding naturally overwhelmed with gross darkness in spiritual things . 3. There is in the mind of man a natural bias to evil , whereby it comes to pass , that ...
... fear , seek , con- fess , they know not what . Thus you may see man's understanding naturally overwhelmed with gross darkness in spiritual things . 3. There is in the mind of man a natural bias to evil , whereby it comes to pass , that ...
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... fears , to make head against them , and to divert himself from thinking on the unpleasant and ungrateful subject of ... fear ; all may be well enough yet ; and if it be ill with him , it will be ill with many . When the sinner is beat ...
... fears , to make head against them , and to divert himself from thinking on the unpleasant and ungrateful subject of ... fear ; all may be well enough yet ; and if it be ill with him , it will be ill with many . When the sinner is beat ...
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... fear him upon account of it . There is not a natural man , but would contribute , to the utmost of his power , to the build- ing of another tower of Babel , to hem it in . On these grounds I declare every unrenewed man an enemy to God ...
... fear him upon account of it . There is not a natural man , but would contribute , to the utmost of his power , to the build- ing of another tower of Babel , to hem it in . On these grounds I declare every unrenewed man an enemy to God ...
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Page 155 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Page 155 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Page 188 - Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Page 460 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 64 - Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Page 64 - Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 290 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him : thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him : the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Page 308 - Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 349 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 364 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. " Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.