A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful Seasonauthor, 1806 - 338 pages |
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Page 68
... means in their power to bring them back to the good pas- tures , when they have gone astray on the mountains of sin and vanity . How ought not I also , who desire to be one of the sheep of Christ's pasture , to be careful in follow- ing ...
... means in their power to bring them back to the good pas- tures , when they have gone astray on the mountains of sin and vanity . How ought not I also , who desire to be one of the sheep of Christ's pasture , to be careful in follow- ing ...
Page 90
... means of the word , with a less sharp coulter of conviction , and lighter sock of contrition than in others ; some , according as the great Husbandman in his infinite wis- dom hath seen it necessary . This ploughman , I observe , is ...
... means of the word , with a less sharp coulter of conviction , and lighter sock of contrition than in others ; some , according as the great Husbandman in his infinite wis- dom hath seen it necessary . This ploughman , I observe , is ...
Page 116
... means or other I have been kept back from the or- dinances of God , and longed with the sweet singer of Israel , vehemently to enjoy again these privileges ; saying , " O God , thou art 66 my God ; early will I seek thee : my soul ...
... means or other I have been kept back from the or- dinances of God , and longed with the sweet singer of Israel , vehemently to enjoy again these privileges ; saying , " O God , thou art 66 my God ; early will I seek thee : my soul ...
Page 134
... means of pre- venting boys from exercising a wanton cru- elty upon domestic animals , killing birds with stones , and destroying their progeny when they find them in the fields : and might be the means , through grace , of giving them a ...
... means of pre- venting boys from exercising a wanton cru- elty upon domestic animals , killing birds with stones , and destroying their progeny when they find them in the fields : and might be the means , through grace , of giving them a ...
Page 163
... means he knew , though unavailing in them- selves , by the blessing of the Lord upon them , would answer his end ; and that it was only this made them do so , he saw in a dream , Gen. xxxi . 10 , 11 . Very small means , and even those ...
... means he knew , though unavailing in them- selves , by the blessing of the Lord upon them , would answer his end ; and that it was only this made them do so , he saw in a dream , Gen. xxxi . 10 , 11 . Very small means , and even those ...
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