The Hidden Life of the SoulRivingtons, 1871 - 256 pages |
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... strive to fulfil all the duties of the state of life to which it has pleased God to call him , perfectly ; as well as all the just claims of society . Faithful to his religious exercises , he is not their slave - he can interrupt , ΙΟ ...
... strive to fulfil all the duties of the state of life to which it has pleased God to call him , perfectly ; as well as all the just claims of society . Faithful to his religious exercises , he is not their slave - he can interrupt , ΙΟ ...
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... strive to serve Him lest he fail in the attempt . The outer life of such a man should be thoroughly attractive to others . He would be simple , honest , straightforward , unpretend- ing , gentle , kindly : -his conversation cheerful and ...
... strive to serve Him lest he fail in the attempt . The outer life of such a man should be thoroughly attractive to others . He would be simple , honest , straightforward , unpretend- ing , gentle , kindly : -his conversation cheerful and ...
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... strive to be your own guide , and walk by the light of your own reason . Nothing but pride and presumption will come of that ; but if you honestly give up your own will , in obedience to God's Voice within your heart , and to the ...
... strive to be your own guide , and walk by the light of your own reason . Nothing but pride and presumption will come of that ; but if you honestly give up your own will , in obedience to God's Voice within your heart , and to the ...
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... strive to do what may be all very well for saints , proved and formed by God , but is all too much for our weak- ness . Moreover , when once we have given ourselves to God , He requires of us never to recall the gift , never to act as ...
... strive to do what may be all very well for saints , proved and formed by God , but is all too much for our weak- ness . Moreover , when once we have given ourselves to God , He requires of us never to recall the gift , never to act as ...
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... strive to cast aside His chastening Hand , under the plea that we cannot bear so great a trial . He requires of us never to fret under the temptation , humiliation or inward trial with which He is purify- ing us , but rather to ask ...
... strive to cast aside His chastening Hand , under the plea that we cannot bear so great a trial . He requires of us never to fret under the temptation , humiliation or inward trial with which He is purify- ing us , but rather to ask ...
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Page 143 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dung-hill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Page 138 - I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Page 150 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 225 - It is good for me that I have been in trouble : that I may learn thy statutes.
Page 237 - Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 10 - ... in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call him.
Page 205 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world; that they which see not might see, and that they which see might be made blind.