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... proud hearts think themselves wronged when they are afflicted ; they cry out with Cain , Our punishment is greater than we can bear . 7. A seventh property of a humble soul is this — a humble soul doth highly prize the least of Christ ...
... proud hearts think themselves wronged when they are afflicted ; they cry out with Cain , Our punishment is greater than we can bear . 7. A seventh property of a humble soul is this — a humble soul doth highly prize the least of Christ ...
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... proud hearts count great mercies small mer- cies , and small mercies no mercies , yea pride does so un- man them , that they often call mercy , misery . 8. The eighth property of a humble soul is this - it can never be good enough ; it ...
... proud hearts count great mercies small mer- cies , and small mercies no mercies , yea pride does so un- man them , that they often call mercy , misery . 8. The eighth property of a humble soul is this - it can never be good enough ; it ...
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... proud heart counts great sins small , and small sins no sins , and so disarms conscience , for a time , of its whip- ping and wounding power ; but at death , or in hell , con- science will take up an iron rod , with which it will lash ...
... proud heart counts great sins small , and small sins no sins , and so disarms conscience , for a time , of its whip- ping and wounding power ; but at death , or in hell , con- science will take up an iron rod , with which it will lash ...
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... Proud hearts discourse of patience , but in storms humble hearts exercise patience . Philoso- phers have much commended it , but in the hour of dark- ness it is the humble soul that acts it . ' I am afflicted , ' the humble soul , but ...
... Proud hearts discourse of patience , but in storms humble hearts exercise patience . Philoso- phers have much commended it , but in the hour of dark- ness it is the humble soul that acts it . ' I am afflicted , ' the humble soul , but ...
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Thomas Brooks. do what he will with me . ' But proud souls resist when they are resisted ; they strike when they are stricken . Who is the Lord , says ... proud souls deal with God upon the credit of C 3 THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST .
Thomas Brooks. do what he will with me . ' But proud souls resist when they are resisted ; they strike when they are stricken . Who is the Lord , says ... proud souls deal with God upon the credit of C 3 THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST .
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Page 364 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Page 182 - Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Page 340 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 388 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 461 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb ? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands ; thy walls are continually before Me.
Page 10 - Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
Page 455 - 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...
Page 333 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 456 - But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page 64 - I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.