Sermons on Practical SubjectsJames Nisbet, 1828 - 332 pages |
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... give to him , because he is his friend , yet because of his importunity , he will rise and give him as many as he needeth . " 12 SERMON I.
... give to him , because he is his friend , yet because of his importunity , he will rise and give him as many as he needeth . " 12 SERMON I.
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Edward Craig. and give him as many as he needeth . " Our prayer in such a cause should be the holy violence of reiterated entreaty . It should be the loud and lengthened cry of him , who finds no medium be- tween a friendly access to the ...
Edward Craig. and give him as many as he needeth . " Our prayer in such a cause should be the holy violence of reiterated entreaty . It should be the loud and lengthened cry of him , who finds no medium be- tween a friendly access to the ...
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... gives this encouragement . It is He through whom we are authorised to ask . Here , brethren , is the great secret of the prevalence of prayer.- Here is the clue to the extraordinary condescen- sion and mercy of this encouraging language ...
... gives this encouragement . It is He through whom we are authorised to ask . Here , brethren , is the great secret of the prevalence of prayer.- Here is the clue to the extraordinary condescen- sion and mercy of this encouraging language ...
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... give this fact its due weight in the scale , and consider these words as the words of the " mighty God " incarnate for the redemption of his people , and as an harmonious part of his whole scheme of mercy and salvation to ruined man ...
... give this fact its due weight in the scale , and consider these words as the words of the " mighty God " incarnate for the redemption of his people , and as an harmonious part of his whole scheme of mercy and salvation to ruined man ...
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... give . If the sinner is brought to the throne of grace , and asks repentance , God will give it . He will autho- rize and command him to ask . He will encourage him to importunity . He will bless his importunity . “ Knock , and it shall ...
... give . If the sinner is brought to the throne of grace , and asks repentance , God will give it . He will autho- rize and command him to ask . He will encourage him to importunity . He will bless his importunity . “ Knock , and it shall ...
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Page 224 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 289 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Page 149 - Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Page 80 - 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, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 163 - Christ, whom having not seen we love, in whom, though now we see Him not, yet believing, we rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory, receiving the end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls.
Page 87 - And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Page 88 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 184 - Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God ! Beloved, now are we the sons of God : and it doth not yet appear what we shall be ; but we know, that when he shall appear, we shall be like him : for we shall see him as he is,
Page v - Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him...
Page 82 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.