The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 71813 |
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... grace of God lead us on further into every truth, that tends to maintain and propagate faith and holiness. Amen . Note, Where these discourses shall be used, as a religious service, in private families on Lord's-day evenings, each of ...
... grace of God lead us on further into every truth, that tends to maintain and propagate faith and holiness. Amen . Note, Where these discourses shall be used, as a religious service, in private families on Lord's-day evenings, each of ...
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... grace , Verily , I say unto thee , to - day shalt thou be with me in paradise . The use of the word paradise in scripture and amongst ancient writers , Jewish and christian , is to signify the happiness of holy souls in a separate state ...
... grace , Verily , I say unto thee , to - day shalt thou be with me in paradise . The use of the word paradise in scripture and amongst ancient writers , Jewish and christian , is to signify the happiness of holy souls in a separate state ...
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... grace , because they belong only to the apostles , and not to them ? And , indeed , how shall common christians ever know , what part of the epistles they may apply to themselves , for their di- réction and consolation , if they may not ...
... grace , because they belong only to the apostles , and not to them ? And , indeed , how shall common christians ever know , what part of the epistles they may apply to themselves , for their di- réction and consolation , if they may not ...
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... grace . The objection , which may arise here also , from supposing this to be a peculiar favour granted to the apostles , is answered just before . VII . Heb . xii . 22-24 . Ye are come - to the heavenly Jerusalem , to an innumerable ...
... grace . The objection , which may arise here also , from supposing this to be a peculiar favour granted to the apostles , is answered just before . VII . Heb . xii . 22-24 . Ye are come - to the heavenly Jerusalem , to an innumerable ...
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... grace , to be an introduction of their souls into the separate state of happiness , and the curse is turned , in some respect , into a blessing . Objection VIII . Was it not supposed to be a great pri- vilege to Enoch and Elijah , when ...
... grace , to be an introduction of their souls into the separate state of happiness , and the curse is turned , in some respect , into a blessing . Objection VIII . Was it not supposed to be a great pri- vilege to Enoch and Elijah , when ...
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Page 15 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 252 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 240 - And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched: and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Page 268 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page 16 - And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Page 220 - For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 280 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 144 - Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober.
Page 183 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer : behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou faithful unto death ; and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 106 - Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.