Short Discourses to be Read in Families, Volume 2Oliver D. Cooke; Peter B. Gleason & Company printers, 1812 |
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... appear in our eyes to bring a guil- ty , depraved , helpless sinner to glory - if he has under- taken it , he will perfect that which concerneth us . But the fear here enjoined is a fear of caution ; of vigilance ; of scrutiny ; a fear ...
... appear in our eyes to bring a guil- ty , depraved , helpless sinner to glory - if he has under- taken it , he will perfect that which concerneth us . But the fear here enjoined is a fear of caution ; of vigilance ; of scrutiny ; a fear ...
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... , and the present life . fear for your health , and are alarmed when any unfavor- able symptoms appear . You fear for your business ; You your fortune ; your estate - and cannot deem yourselves A CHECK TO PRESUMPTION . 11.
... , and the present life . fear for your health , and are alarmed when any unfavor- able symptoms appear . You fear for your business ; You your fortune ; your estate - and cannot deem yourselves A CHECK TO PRESUMPTION . 11.
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... appear so many that it is impossible to enumerate them . And hence divines have taught christians to serve their mercies as botanists do flowers - to class them : or as astronomers deal with the stars - to form them into con ...
... appear so many that it is impossible to enumerate them . And hence divines have taught christians to serve their mercies as botanists do flowers - to class them : or as astronomers deal with the stars - to form them into con ...
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... appear fatherless orphans ! The sister may say , alas ! my brother ! Let us , II . Shew what use we should make of this ignorance . Let us learn from it our littleness ; let us confess that we are nothing , and that God is all in all ...
... appear fatherless orphans ! The sister may say , alas ! my brother ! Let us , II . Shew what use we should make of this ignorance . Let us learn from it our littleness ; let us confess that we are nothing , and that God is all in all ...
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... appear blameable ? Perhaps he was actuated by avarice , and was seeking , not a subsist- ence , but a splended independence . Perhaps he was in- fluenced by imprudence , and was not aware of the bad effects of roving abroad , or of ...
... appear blameable ? Perhaps he was actuated by avarice , and was seeking , not a subsist- ence , but a splended independence . Perhaps he was in- fluenced by imprudence , and was not aware of the bad effects of roving abroad , or of ...
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Adoni-bezek afflictions Ahab appear art the guide behold believe Bezek blessed body brethren Canaan chariot of fire christian cometh comfort consider David death desire despise disciples DISCOURSE divine grace duty earth Egypt enemies enter eternal everlasting evil eyes faith Father favor fear feel fellow creatures flesh friends give glory godliness goeth gospel hand happiness hath hear heart heaven Hence holy holy spirit honor hope idolatry Israel Jesus Christ Jews king kingdom kingdom of God labor live mercy mind Nehemiah ness never Onesimus pass peace praise pray prayer promise reason receive rection rejoice religion remember render repentance rich righteous salvation says the apostle scripture Secondly seek servants shew sinner sins soul spirit suffer sure thee thine things thou art thou hast tion truth vanity vile body walk Wherefore wilt thou word yourselves
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Page 3 - Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Page 151 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 266 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 255 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 171 - 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 203 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 215 - And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so.
Page 246 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 183 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Page 221 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.