Gospel Sonnets: Or, Spiritual Songs, in Six Parts ... Concerning Creation and Redemption, Law and Gospel, Justification and Sanctification, Faith and Sense, Heaven and Earth |
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No writings , for justness of sentiment ; and lum blimity of file , can equal or
compare with these of divine in { piration : and though the mysteries of
Christianity , and the wonders of our holy religion , stand in no need of gay
trimings and poetical ...
No writings , for justness of sentiment ; and lum blimity of file , can equal or
compare with these of divine in { piration : and though the mysteries of
Christianity , and the wonders of our holy religion , stand in no need of gay
trimings and poetical ...
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These humble lines assume no bigh pretence , To please thy fancy , or allure thy
sense : . But aim , if everlasting life's thy chase , To clear thy mind , and warm thy
heart through A marriage fo mysterious I proclaim , ( grace . Betwixt two parties ...
These humble lines assume no bigh pretence , To please thy fancy , or allure thy
sense : . But aim , if everlasting life's thy chase , To clear thy mind , and warm thy
heart through A marriage fo mysterious I proclaim , ( grace . Betwixt two parties ...
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From these don't thy falvation hope nor claim , But from JEHOVAH in the use of
them . The beggar's fpirit never was fo dull , While waiting at the gate call'd
Beautiful , To hope for succour from the temple - gate , At which he did fo daily
careful ...
From these don't thy falvation hope nor claim , But from JEHOVAH in the use of
them . The beggar's fpirit never was fo dull , While waiting at the gate call'd
Beautiful , To hope for succour from the temple - gate , At which he did fo daily
careful ...
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Not that from these we have our alms , but from The lib'ral God , who there is wont
to come . If either we these means shall dare neglect , Or yet from these th '
enriching bliss expect , We from the glory of the King defaik , Who in the galleries
is ...
Not that from these we have our alms , but from The lib'ral God , who there is wont
to come . If either we these means shall dare neglect , Or yet from these th '
enriching bliss expect , We from the glory of the King defaik , Who in the galleries
is ...
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When these are done , as many yet behind « As leaves of forest shaken with the
wind ? • When these are gone , as many to ensue As stems of grace on hills and
dales that grew ? • When these run out , as many on the march * As starry lamps
...
When these are done , as many yet behind « As leaves of forest shaken with the
wind ? • When these are gone , as many to ensue As stems of grace on hills and
dales that grew ? • When these run out , as many on the march * As starry lamps
...
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Page 225 - Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 323 - Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Page 259 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
Page 193 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 235 - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand ; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews ! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
Page 211 - 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 166 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 312 - 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 212 - But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Page 229 - As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father ; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
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| Title | Gospel Sonnets: Or, Spiritual Songs, in Six Parts ... Concerning Creation and Redemption, Law and Gospel, Justification and Sanctification, Faith and Sense, Heaven and Earth |
| Author | Ralph Erskine |
| Publisher | J. and A. Duncan, booksellers, Glasgow, 1793 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 May 2007 |
| Length | 371 pages |
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