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... saith God , " and unto dust shalt thou return , " Gen. iii . 19. These and the like thoughts had a varied operation upon my soul : sometimes they led me to admire the Creator , who , out of so rude and undigested a mass , such coarse ...
... saith God , " and unto dust shalt thou return , " Gen. iii . 19. These and the like thoughts had a varied operation upon my soul : sometimes they led me to admire the Creator , who , out of so rude and undigested a mass , such coarse ...
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... saith Christ , " is my Father glorified , that ye bear much fruit , " John xv . 8 . 66 O my God , Paul may plant , and Apollos may water , but thou givest the increase , I Cor . iii . 6. The harp yields no sound till touched by the hand ...
... saith Christ , " is my Father glorified , that ye bear much fruit , " John xv . 8 . 66 O my God , Paul may plant , and Apollos may water , but thou givest the increase , I Cor . iii . 6. The harp yields no sound till touched by the hand ...
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... saith of Cyrus , He is my shep- herd , and shall perform all my pleasure . Thus saith the Lord to his anointed , to Cyrus , whose right hand I have holden , to subdue nations before him . - For Jacob my servant's sake , and Israel mine ...
... saith of Cyrus , He is my shep- herd , and shall perform all my pleasure . Thus saith the Lord to his anointed , to Cyrus , whose right hand I have holden , to subdue nations before him . - For Jacob my servant's sake , and Israel mine ...
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... saith Christ , and to - morrow they are cast into the oven , Matt . vi . 30 - methought this did forcibly exhibit the vanity of all human feli- city , how transitory it is and uncertain , and how little solidity is to be found in any ...
... saith Christ , and to - morrow they are cast into the oven , Matt . vi . 30 - methought this did forcibly exhibit the vanity of all human feli- city , how transitory it is and uncertain , and how little solidity is to be found in any ...
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... saith , and the mother of dis- tracting care and anxiety . Our Saviour here , by many arguments , dissuades us from these . There is a care of the head , not only lawful but com- mendable ; but there is a distracting , distrustful ...
... saith , and the mother of dis- tracting care and anxiety . Our Saviour here , by many arguments , dissuades us from these . There is a care of the head , not only lawful but com- mendable ; but there is a distracting , distrustful ...
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Page 74 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, 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.
Page 83 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, "Sit thou here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool," are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Page 126 - I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.' 70 chapter 24: 20 30 1 went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; "and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 70 - Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit : for without Me ye can do nothing.
Page 66 - Having, then gifts, differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Page 5 - For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God ; but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Page 108 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep ; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Page 70 - 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 74 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Page 172 - For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.