Sermons on Duties of Daily LifeT. Wardle, 1844 - 327 pages |
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... strength He vouchsafes . Therefore , if , under sudden temptation , we fall , it is a grievous thing , because there was help at hand which might have saved us ; but when we have fallen , to plead forgetfulness as an excuse , is only ...
... strength He vouchsafes . Therefore , if , under sudden temptation , we fall , it is a grievous thing , because there was help at hand which might have saved us ; but when we have fallen , to plead forgetfulness as an excuse , is only ...
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... strength to strength . Re- membering Him in our youth , devoting to Him those years when the enemy is strongest , and danger greatest , He will not forget us through the course of our after existence . The earlier we seek Him , the ...
... strength to strength . Re- membering Him in our youth , devoting to Him those years when the enemy is strongest , and danger greatest , He will not forget us through the course of our after existence . The earlier we seek Him , the ...
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... strength , -not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of our- selves ; but our sufficiency is of God . " Here , then , we have St. Paul , first contemplating the difficulties and responsibilities of his trial , and ...
... strength , -not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of our- selves ; but our sufficiency is of God . " Here , then , we have St. Paul , first contemplating the difficulties and responsibilities of his trial , and ...
Page 64
... strength is made perfect in weakness . " And now , as to the fact , that that grace was indeed able to support him in all dangers , and carry him through all temptations , it seems almost unnecessary to speak . Trace his life from his ...
... strength is made perfect in weakness . " And now , as to the fact , that that grace was indeed able to support him in all dangers , and carry him through all temptations , it seems almost unnecessary to speak . Trace his life from his ...
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... strength to take pleasure in infirmities , in reproaches , in necessities , in persecutions , in distresses for Christ's sake . It was this which enabled him to spend and be spent , to fight a good fight , to keep the faith , yea , and ...
... strength to take pleasure in infirmities , in reproaches , in necessities , in persecutions , in distresses for Christ's sake . It was this which enabled him to spend and be spent , to fight a good fight , to keep the faith , yea , and ...
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Page 85 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 153 - And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Page 313 - And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Page 67 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 173 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, And of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, That hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth...
Page 242 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 259 - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Page 257 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke...
Page 304 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 311 - But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. * For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.