Sermons, preached at the chapels royal of St. James's and of WhitehallJ. Nisbet, 1848 - 298 pages |
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... Holy Spirit , that we may have faith to receive them into our hearts , discernment to ascertain in what class we stand , and grace to escape the threaten- ings pronounced against one of these classes , and to secure the blessings ...
... Holy Spirit , that we may have faith to receive them into our hearts , discernment to ascertain in what class we stand , and grace to escape the threaten- ings pronounced against one of these classes , and to secure the blessings ...
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... Spirit . This faith is our greatest duty , and the only means by which we can accom- plish the other duties to which we are called . Those who possess it , being led by the Holy Spirit , are enabled to glorify God in their dispositions ...
... Spirit . This faith is our greatest duty , and the only means by which we can accom- plish the other duties to which we are called . Those who possess it , being led by the Holy Spirit , are enabled to glorify God in their dispositions ...
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... Spirit of God ; to use more diligently the means of improve- ment ; and hence , converting each tempta- tion into a source of improvement , may be more resolute , wise , and charitable , more holy and more devoted , than if they had ...
... Spirit of God ; to use more diligently the means of improve- ment ; and hence , converting each tempta- tion into a source of improvement , may be more resolute , wise , and charitable , more holy and more devoted , than if they had ...
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... Spirit to make them wise and holy , we are called to believe that he will do all this for us ; to place our- selves in his hands ; and with humility and earnestness , asking for this salvation , to ex- pect it from his power and love ...
... Spirit to make them wise and holy , we are called to believe that he will do all this for us ; to place our- selves in his hands ; and with humility and earnestness , asking for this salvation , to ex- pect it from his power and love ...
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... Holy Spirit , pardoned , not- withstanding their aggravated provocations , and sanctified though they had been dead in trespasses and sins , preserved by the Divine faithfulness in the midst of all their infirmities and dangers , and ...
... Holy Spirit , pardoned , not- withstanding their aggravated provocations , and sanctified though they had been dead in trespasses and sins , preserved by the Divine faithfulness in the midst of all their infirmities and dangers , and ...
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Page 199 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 268 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 87 - I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; "and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Page 134 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 133 - O God, Thou art my' God; early will I seek Thee: My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; To see Thy power and Thy glory, So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.
Page 198 - God;) being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 87 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 180 - The Lord is gracious and full of compassion ; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all ; and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Page 213 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 88 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?