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Page xxvi
... is my shepherd : " I have been able to trust mine all in his hands , and I know in whom I have believed . Satan still de- sires to have me , that he might sift me as wheat ; but my Saviour has prayed for me , that my xxvi.
... is my shepherd : " I have been able to trust mine all in his hands , and I know in whom I have believed . Satan still de- sires to have me , that he might sift me as wheat ; but my Saviour has prayed for me , that my xxvi.
Page xxx
... trust , and went off myself . I knew not what road to take , and durst not ask , for fear of being suspected ; yet having some general idea of the country , 1 guessed right ; and , when I had travelled some miles , I found , upon ...
... trust , and went off myself . I knew not what road to take , and durst not ask , for fear of being suspected ; yet having some general idea of the country , 1 guessed right ; and , when I had travelled some miles , I found , upon ...
Page xlix
... that country to England ; they have even become dupes to all the pretended charms , necromances , amulets , and divinations of the blinded negroes , and put more trust in such C things than the wiser sort among the natives . A xlix.
... that country to England ; they have even become dupes to all the pretended charms , necromances , amulets , and divinations of the blinded negroes , and put more trust in such C things than the wiser sort among the natives . A xlix.
Page lxiii
... trust in him . And now I chiefly wanted evi- dence . The comfortless principles of infidelity were deeply riveted , and I rather wished than believed these things were real facts . You will please to observe , Sir , that I collect the ...
... trust in him . And now I chiefly wanted evi- dence . The comfortless principles of infidelity were deeply riveted , and I rather wished than believed these things were real facts . You will please to observe , Sir , that I collect the ...
Page lxxix
... trust , I have been delivered from the power and dominion of sin ; though , as to the effects and conflicts of sin dwelling in me , I still ( 6 groan , being burdened . " I now began again to wait upon the Lord , and though I have often ...
... trust , I have been delivered from the power and dominion of sin ; though , as to the effects and conflicts of sin dwelling in me , I still ( 6 groan , being burdened . " I now began again to wait upon the Lord , and though I have often ...
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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...