The saints' everlasting rest; The divine life; and Dying thoughts; also, A call to the unconverted; and Now or never. Carefully revised1817 - Conversion |
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Page 1060
... grace is never apparent and sensible to the soul , but while it is in action ; therefore , want of action must cause want of assurance . the action of the soul upon such excellent ob- jects , naturally bringeth consolation with it . The ...
... grace is never apparent and sensible to the soul , but while it is in action ; therefore , want of action must cause want of assurance . the action of the soul upon such excellent ob- jects , naturally bringeth consolation with it . The ...
Page 1062
... grace ? but whether such or such a saving grace be in thee in sincerity or not ? If thy heart draw back from the work , force it on . Lay thy command upon it . Let reason interpose , and use its authority . Yea , lay the command of God ...
... grace ? but whether such or such a saving grace be in thee in sincerity or not ? If thy heart draw back from the work , force it on . Lay thy command upon it . Let reason interpose , and use its authority . Yea , lay the command of God ...
Page 1068
... grace , disposes the soul to be communicative of good . Therefore , to neg- lect this work is a sin both against nature and grace . Would you not think him unnatural that would suffer his children or neighbours to starve in the streets ...
... grace , disposes the soul to be communicative of good . Therefore , to neg- lect this work is a sin both against nature and grace . Would you not think him unnatural that would suffer his children or neighbours to starve in the streets ...
Page 1073
... grace . Can there possibly be rest without weariness ? Do you not travail and toil first , and rest after ? The day for labour is first , and then follows the night for rest . Why should we desire the course of grace to be per- verted ...
... grace . Can there possibly be rest without weariness ? Do you not travail and toil first , and rest after ? The day for labour is first , and then follows the night for rest . Why should we desire the course of grace to be per- verted ...
Page 1080
... grace , as well as time , we naturally grow worse . ' O my soul ! depart in peace . As thou wouldst not desire an unlimited state in wealth and honour , so desire it not in point of time . If thou wast sensible how little thou deservest ...
... grace , as well as time , we naturally grow worse . ' O my soul ! depart in peace . As thou wouldst not desire an unlimited state in wealth and honour , so desire it not in point of time . If thou wast sensible how little thou deservest ...
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Page 1092 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings.
Page 494 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Page 923 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 799 - But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Page 810 - Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, (for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased from sin,) that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Page 878 - Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect : but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that, for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 522 - When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts ? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Page 1015 - 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 800 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ : according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love...
Page 1098 - Therefore brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live after the flesh, for if ye live after the flesh ye shall die; but if ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.