A Spring Day, Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful SeasonThomas Turnbull, 1803 - 338 pages |
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... Grace , the God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift , by whom the worlds were made . If this is not the ufe which is made of thy lofty strains of poetry , and my low themes of profe , I'm afraid all will prove but a trifling amusement ...
... Grace , the God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift , by whom the worlds were made . If this is not the ufe which is made of thy lofty strains of poetry , and my low themes of profe , I'm afraid all will prove but a trifling amusement ...
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... Grace ; which continually lye open for the perufal of all in heaven , and all on earth . It was on the former of thofe man firft opened his eyes in paradife . Beholding the magnificence of the ample page , how aftonifhed would he be at ...
... Grace ; which continually lye open for the perufal of all in heaven , and all on earth . It was on the former of thofe man firft opened his eyes in paradife . Beholding the magnificence of the ample page , how aftonifhed would he be at ...
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... grace , in the field of the everlasting gof- pel , by the good Husbandman , " the Father " of mercies and the God of all comfort , " 2 Cor . i . 3 . ( C 66 Some of the inclofures , into which it is divided , where this good feed is fown ...
... grace , in the field of the everlasting gof- pel , by the good Husbandman , " the Father " of mercies and the God of all comfort , " 2 Cor . i . 3 . ( C 66 Some of the inclofures , into which it is divided , where this good feed is fown ...
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... grace forward in the paths of religion . If it is not only natural , but ab- folutely neceffary in the fleecy tribe , to fuckle their young , it is certainly as much fo for the church to nourish her fpiritual feed : If this is incumbent ...
... grace forward in the paths of religion . If it is not only natural , but ab- folutely neceffary in the fleecy tribe , to fuckle their young , it is certainly as much fo for the church to nourish her fpiritual feed : If this is incumbent ...
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... grace and glory , " and no good thing will he withhold “ from them that walk uprightly , " Pfal . lxxxiv . II . By the beams of the fun the earth is made warm , and fhe , like a tender mother , nourishes the infant fpring : the grass ...
... grace and glory , " and no good thing will he withhold “ from them that walk uprightly , " Pfal . lxxxiv . II . By the beams of the fun the earth is made warm , and fhe , like a tender mother , nourishes the infant fpring : the grass ...
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Page 320 - But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Page 16 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 235 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
Page 330 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 104 - But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Page 320 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Page 155 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 135 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 63 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Page 46 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.