The Works of the Rev. Henry Scougal: Together with His Funeral Sermon, by the Rev. Dr. Gairden ; and an Account of His Life and WritingsRobert Carter, 1846 - 272 pages |
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... express my gratitude towards you ; and I shall not any longer delay the performance of the promise I made you to this purpose . For though I know you are provided with better helps of this na- ture than any I can offer you ; nor are you ...
... express my gratitude towards you ; and I shall not any longer delay the performance of the promise I made you to this purpose . For though I know you are provided with better helps of this na- ture than any I can offer you ; nor are you ...
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... express it by the name of je ; first , be- cause of its permanency and stability . Religion is not a sudden start , or passion of the mind ; not though it should rise to the height of a rapture and seem to trans- port a man to ...
... express it by the name of je ; first , be- cause of its permanency and stability . Religion is not a sudden start , or passion of the mind ; not though it should rise to the height of a rapture and seem to trans- port a man to ...
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... express itself in an entire resignation to his will . It was his very meat , to do the will , and finish the work of him that sent him . This was the exercise of his childhood , and the constant employment of his riper age . He spared ...
... express itself in an entire resignation to his will . It was his very meat , to do the will , and finish the work of him that sent him . This was the exercise of his childhood , and the constant employment of his riper age . He spared ...
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... express it , must tribe the history of the gospel , and comment up . for scarce any thing is recorded to have been dore or spoken by him , which was not designed for the good and advantage of some one or other . All his mir- aculous ...
... express it , must tribe the history of the gospel , and comment up . for scarce any thing is recorded to have been dore or spoken by him , which was not designed for the good and advantage of some one or other . All his mir- aculous ...
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... express that inward satisfaction , those hidden pleasures which can never be rightly understood , but by those holy souls who feel them ? A stranger intermeddleth not with their joy . Holiness is the right temper , the vigorous and ...
... express that inward satisfaction , those hidden pleasures which can never be rightly understood , but by those holy souls who feel them ? A stranger intermeddleth not with their joy . Holiness is the right temper , the vigorous and ...
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Page 122 - It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Page 215 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 154 - How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with Thee.
Page 156 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Page 195 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 120 - 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 109 - For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Page 153 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 128 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 149 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.