Memoirs of the Rev. Thomas Halyburton: With an Introductory EssayChalmers, 1825 - 382 pages |
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Page xxi
... truth than of the worshipper of idols , “ He feed- eth upon ashes ; a deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul , nor say , is there not a lie in my right hand ? " It has been The most alarming evil connected ...
... truth than of the worshipper of idols , “ He feed- eth upon ashes ; a deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul , nor say , is there not a lie in my right hand ? " It has been The most alarming evil connected ...
Page xxii
... truth and error are jumbled together in the speculations of such persons . They will tell us , with all the ease and confidence imaginable , that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of sinners - that he came into the world to set us an example ...
... truth and error are jumbled together in the speculations of such persons . They will tell us , with all the ease and confidence imaginable , that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of sinners - that he came into the world to set us an example ...
Page xxiv
... truth , and on it , as a basis , they found the perverse conclu- sion , that they can do , and are required to do abso- lutely nothing at all . Their language is , We are " dead in trespasses and sins , " and " Christ is the end of the ...
... truth , and on it , as a basis , they found the perverse conclu- sion , that they can do , and are required to do abso- lutely nothing at all . Their language is , We are " dead in trespasses and sins , " and " Christ is the end of the ...
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... truth , is the overgrowth of a speculative turn of mind — a weed in the vine- yard of the church , which is peculiarly pestilent in its influence , and which is usually most luxuriant at a season of ease and outward tranquillity . The ...
... truth , is the overgrowth of a speculative turn of mind — a weed in the vine- yard of the church , which is peculiarly pestilent in its influence , and which is usually most luxuriant at a season of ease and outward tranquillity . The ...
Page xxx
... the amplitude of its dependen- cies . She sees it to be an awful truth , that the " natural man receiveth not the things of God , nei- ther can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned " -nay , that he is so perverse in XXX.
... the amplitude of its dependen- cies . She sees it to be an awful truth , that the " natural man receiveth not the things of God , nei- ther can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned " -nay , that he is so perverse in XXX.
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Page 113 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Page 177 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt...
Page 75 - But what think ye ? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to.day in my vineyard.
Page 213 - Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 371 - When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Page 89 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 72 - 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. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Page 97 - Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Page 140 - I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there...
Page 131 - My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me : for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.