The Christian's Pocket Companion: Consisting of Select Texts of the New Testament, with Suitable Observations in Prose and Verse for Every Day in the Year. [With a Preface by John Wesley.] |
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Page 32
8 . The Devil watches , in order to our Perdition , as God watches over us , for our
Salvation . The Devil corrupts our Senses by an inordinate Use of the Creatures ,
and our Minds by causing it to be entirely possessed by them . Let us resist him ...
8 . The Devil watches , in order to our Perdition , as God watches over us , for our
Salvation . The Devil corrupts our Senses by an inordinate Use of the Creatures ,
and our Minds by causing it to be entirely possessed by them . Let us resist him ...
Page 91
How many Fools on Earth pass for Men of Wisdom ! and very often he who pities
them is himself of the Number , - - - It is a great Misfortune not to know the Gospel
; but it is a greater to know its Truths , and to make no Use of them . Render us ...
How many Fools on Earth pass for Men of Wisdom ! and very often he who pities
them is himself of the Number , - - - It is a great Misfortune not to know the Gospel
; but it is a greater to know its Truths , and to make no Use of them . Render us ...
Page 98
Whatever Use we make of our Understanding , our Wil and our Body , without the
Leaven of Faith and Love , is difagreeable and nauseous to God . The Divinity
united to the human Nature in Christ , the Gospel diffused throughout the World ...
Whatever Use we make of our Understanding , our Wil and our Body , without the
Leaven of Faith and Love , is difagreeable and nauseous to God . The Divinity
united to the human Nature in Christ , the Gospel diffused throughout the World ...
Page 112
I know indeed my own Misery and Unworthiness ; but I know also thy Mercy and
the Power of thy Grace . - True Faith consents to all the Denials and Severities
which come from God , but at the same Time makes Use of them to raise ...
I know indeed my own Misery and Unworthiness ; but I know also thy Mercy and
the Power of thy Grace . - True Faith consents to all the Denials and Severities
which come from God , but at the same Time makes Use of them to raise ...
Page 126
When this Whiteness , with which the Wall is at present covered , shall be taken
off , and the naked Heart appear as it is , ' my God , of what Use will it then be to
have deceived Men , by concealing its Rottenness , but only to overwhelm it with
...
When this Whiteness , with which the Wall is at present covered , shall be taken
off , and the naked Heart appear as it is , ' my God , of what Use will it then be to
have deceived Men , by concealing its Rottenness , but only to overwhelm it with
...
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Page 126 - When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Page 91 - Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Page 298 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 168 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:. but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 260 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 108 - Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, LORD, it is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Page 359 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 333 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Page 27 - And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord ; (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Page 291 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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| Title | The Christian's Pocket Companion: Consisting of Select Texts of the New Testament, with Suitable Observations in Prose and Verse for Every Day in the Year. [With a Preface by John Wesley.] |
| Author | John BARNES (of Pembroke.) |
| Editor | John BARNES (of Pembroke.) |
| Publisher | Carmarthen, 1765 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 372 pages |
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