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 15
Few find the Way of Heaven , fewer enter into this Way , fewer yet abíde in it ,
fewer still walk in it , and fewest of all go forward to the End . As it is thy Grace
only , O Lord , which causes us to find it , fo from That we expect all the Rest . Yet
every ...
Few find the Way of Heaven , fewer enter into this Way , fewer yet abíde in it ,
fewer still walk in it , and fewest of all go forward to the End . As it is thy Grace
only , O Lord , which causes us to find it , fo from That we expect all the Rest . Yet
every ...
Page 38
Our only Refuge is , to address ourselves , and adhere to him , by a lively Faith
and humble Prayer ; to labour in him by an abundant Love ; and to expect from
him , by a firm and unmoveable Hope , the eternal Recompence . Come ,
Almighty ...
Our only Refuge is , to address ourselves , and adhere to him , by a lively Faith
and humble Prayer ; to labour in him by an abundant Love ; and to expect from
him , by a firm and unmoveable Hope , the eternal Recompence . Come ,
Almighty ...
Page 101
Woe to him , who expects to find any Thing more amiable than God , more worthy
to fill his Heart , and more capable of making him happy . Have I not found that
Pearl divine , The ascertaining Terms I know , That Treasure in the Field ?
Woe to him , who expects to find any Thing more amiable than God , more worthy
to fill his Heart , and more capable of making him happy . Have I not found that
Pearl divine , The ascertaining Terms I know , That Treasure in the Field ?
Page 108
Lord , from Thee I expect to receive this Vigilance and Application . Thou alone
art the Light , the Strength , and the Life of my Heart . Omniscient God , to Man
declare That glad out of ourselves to run , His Heart unsearchable , And take the
...
Lord , from Thee I expect to receive this Vigilance and Application . Thou alone
art the Light , the Strength , and the Life of my Heart . Omniscient God , to Man
declare That glad out of ourselves to run , His Heart unsearchable , And take the
...
Page 141
W HILE the Bridegroom tarried , they all slumbered and slept , Mat . xxv . . s How
few are there , who think seriously of Death and Judgement , and expect the
Bridegroom with a persevering Vigilance ! - - - The Beginnings of Conversion are
...
W HILE the Bridegroom tarried , they all slumbered and slept , Mat . xxv . . s How
few are there , who think seriously of Death and Judgement , and expect the
Bridegroom with a persevering Vigilance ! - - - The Beginnings of Conversion are
...
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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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