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Page xxxii
... nature , which , without your direction , I should have thought too trivial , and too much my own to deserve mentioning . When I began the eighth letter , I intended to say no more of myself than might be necessary to illustrate the won ...
... nature , which , without your direction , I should have thought too trivial , and too much my own to deserve mentioning . When I began the eighth letter , I intended to say no more of myself than might be necessary to illustrate the won ...
Page lxii
... nature and practice , and perhaps , till then , I could not have borne the sight . So wonderfully does the Lord pro- portion the discoveries of sin and grace ; for he knows our frame , and that if he was to put forth the greatness of ...
... nature and practice , and perhaps , till then , I could not have borne the sight . So wonderfully does the Lord pro- portion the discoveries of sin and grace ; for he knows our frame , and that if he was to put forth the greatness of ...
Page lxiii
... nature nor necessity , ) but how I should gain an assurance that the scriptures were of a divine inspiration , and a sufficient warrant for the exercise of trust and hope in God . One of the first helps I received ( in consequence of a ...
... nature nor necessity , ) but how I should gain an assurance that the scriptures were of a divine inspiration , and a sufficient warrant for the exercise of trust and hope in God . One of the first helps I received ( in consequence of a ...
Page lxx
... nature . Thus to all appearance I was a new man . But though I cannot doubt that this change , so far as it prevailed , was wrought by the Spirit and power of God , yet still I was greatly defi- cient in many respects . I was in some ...
... nature . Thus to all appearance I was a new man . But though I cannot doubt that this change , so far as it prevailed , was wrought by the Spirit and power of God , yet still I was greatly defi- cient in many respects . I was in some ...
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... nature of a believer's jus- tification ; the benefit of which , as to the forgive- ness of sin , is signified by the phrases of " blotting out , " - " not remembering , " - " casting behind the back , " and " into the depths of the sea ...
... nature of a believer's jus- tification ; the benefit of which , as to the forgive- ness of sin , is signified by the phrases of " blotting out , " - " not remembering , " - " casting behind the back , " and " into the depths of the sea ...
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Page 24 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Page 66 - He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.
Page 222 - Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird," or, before the eyes of every thing that hath a wing, as in the original.
Page 251 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Page 58 - O that my head were waters, and mine eyes fountains of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughters of my people !" It is our duty to be thus affected.
Page 133 - Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Page xviii - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 58 - As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth...
Page 44 - ... 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...