 Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the...  The Christian Advocate - Page 2241834Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 750 pages
...the duties which thy providence shall appoint me; and so help me by thy Holy Spirit, that my heart may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found, and that I may serve Thee with pure affection and a cheerful mind. Have mercy ii]H>n me, О God, have... | |
 | Ammi Rogers - 1826 - 298 pages
...beseech thee, at all times to love those things which thou dost command, and to desire those things which thou dost promise, that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, my heart may surely there be fixed, where true joj s are to be found, through Jesus Christ my Lord."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pages
...the duties which thy providence shall appoint me ; and so help me by thy Holy Spirit, that my heart may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found, and that I may serve thee with pure affection and a cheerful mind. Have mercy upon me, O God, have... | |
 | Hannah More - English literature - 1827 - 598 pages
...other) but the 'so loving what God has commanded, and desiring what he has promised, as that, amoug the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our...surely- there be fixed, where true joys are to be found :' Now can there be excess in this? We may doubtless misunderttand God's commands, and misconstrue... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...the duties which thy providence shall appoint me ; and so help me, by thy Holy Spirit, that my heart may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found, anil that I may serve thee with pure atlection and a cheerful mind. Have mercy upon me, O CJoD, have... | |
 | Aubrey George Spencer (bp. of Jamaica.) - Sermons, English - 1827 - 546 pages
...have little difficulty in withdrawing our warmest affections from it, and in fixing them " where alone true joys are to be found, through Jesus Christ our Lord." We are enjoined to refrain from fleshly lusts, not only because the gratification of them is transient,... | |
 | Hannah More - English literature - 1827 - 596 pages
...far from remarkable promised, as that, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our heurts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ?' Now can there be excess in this? We may doubtless miumderttand God's commands, and misconstrue his... | |
 | William Bishop (rector of Ufton Nervet.) - Devotional literature, English - 1827 - 52 pages
...devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God; Grant that we may love the things which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise : that so our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found. To this end enable us both to... | |
 | 1828 - 220 pages
...Easter. The Collect. O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing...joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. St. James i. 17. EVERY good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh... | |
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