Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel, Volume 5J. Mathews, 1799 |
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Page 44
... prayer , when wants are most ) will be more fweet to a fpiritual relish , than all former full enjoyments were . ' Many mercies come unasked for , and they require thankfulness , but when mercies come in upon prayer , and as a return of ...
... prayer , when wants are most ) will be more fweet to a fpiritual relish , than all former full enjoyments were . ' Many mercies come unasked for , and they require thankfulness , but when mercies come in upon prayer , and as a return of ...
Page 45
... pray ? Yea , is it common to a proverb among the very Papifts , that mafs and meat hinder no man ; and yet I , that profefs myfelf a Chriftian , thruft out duty for every trifle ! O wretched foul ! how hath the god of this world blinded ...
... pray ? Yea , is it common to a proverb among the very Papifts , that mafs and meat hinder no man ; and yet I , that profefs myfelf a Chriftian , thruft out duty for every trifle ! O wretched foul ! how hath the god of this world blinded ...
Page 57
... pray , hear , and confer . but all thofe duties are dry ftalks to him , which yield no meat , no folid fub- ftantial ... prayer , this foul had not remained dead . But here is the woe that lies upon him , God is departed from the means ...
... pray , hear , and confer . but all thofe duties are dry ftalks to him , which yield no meat , no folid fub- ftantial ... prayer , this foul had not remained dead . But here is the woe that lies upon him , God is departed from the means ...
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... pray thee take Some pains about them ; though they barren be , Thou feeft how they may yield fweet fruits to thee . CHAP . VII . Upon the plowing of Corn - land . The plowman guides his plow with care and skill ; So doth the Spirit in ...
... pray thee take Some pains about them ; though they barren be , Thou feeft how they may yield fweet fruits to thee . CHAP . VII . Upon the plowing of Corn - land . The plowman guides his plow with care and skill ; So doth the Spirit in ...
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... pray thee , tho ' thou fhouldst impart The lefs of gifts ; then I may truly fay , That thou haft thew'd me the more excellent way . CHAP . IX . Upon fpringing - weather after feed - time . By heaven's influence corn and plants do fpring ...
... pray thee , tho ' thou fhouldst impart The lefs of gifts ; then I may truly fay , That thou haft thew'd me the more excellent way . CHAP . IX . Upon fpringing - weather after feed - time . By heaven's influence corn and plants do fpring ...
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Page 23 - And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Page 608 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 398 - Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink ; ye clothe you, but there is none warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Page 78 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified...
Page 19 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 496 - Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me : my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Page 303 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 399 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Page 68 - And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
Page 225 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man ; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.