A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience: Christian economics, (or family duties)Richard Edwards, 1825 |
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Page 81
... Thou art like to an incar- nate angel ; and mayst be equal with the angels , when thou art freed from this sinful flesh . O beg of God a heavenly light , and a heavenly mind , and look often into the Word of God , which tells thee where ...
... Thou art like to an incar- nate angel ; and mayst be equal with the angels , when thou art freed from this sinful flesh . O beg of God a heavenly light , and a heavenly mind , and look often into the Word of God , which tells thee where ...
Page 82
... thou be rich or poor , that art going so fast into another world , where these are things of no significa- tion ? Tell me , if thou wert sure that thou must die to- morrow , ( yea , or the next month or year , ) wouldst thou not be more ...
... thou be rich or poor , that art going so fast into another world , where these are things of no significa- tion ? Tell me , if thou wert sure that thou must die to- morrow , ( yea , or the next month or year , ) wouldst thou not be more ...
Page 83
... thou not know it to be true ? And yet wilt thou cheat and betray thy soul ? Is not that best now , which will be ... art like to have the same thoughts thyself ? And yet wilt thou not be warned in time ? Then all the content and pleasure ...
... thou not know it to be true ? And yet wilt thou cheat and betray thy soul ? Is not that best now , which will be ... art like to have the same thoughts thyself ? And yet wilt thou not be warned in time ? Then all the content and pleasure ...
Page 108
... thy thoughts of God , and his holy word and ser- vice ! And when morning and night , and whenever thou art alone , those thoughts can run out with unweariedness and pleasure , upon these provisions for thy flesh , which thou canst ...
... thy thoughts of God , and his holy word and ser- vice ! And when morning and night , and whenever thou art alone , those thoughts can run out with unweariedness and pleasure , upon these provisions for thy flesh , which thou canst ...
Page 126
... thy games , and thy diverting company , and disappoint thy idle visiters , and let them find that thou art not to be spoken with , nor at leisure to do nothing , but wilt rather seem uncivil and morose , than be undone ! And wouldst thou ...
... thy games , and thy diverting company , and disappoint thy idle visiters , and let them find that thou art not to be spoken with , nor at leisure to do nothing , but wilt rather seem uncivil and morose , than be undone ! And wouldst thou ...
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Page 307 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Page 296 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 569 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God ; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 289 - For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Page 137 - WATCH, THEREFORE, FOR YE KNOW NOT WHAT HOUR YOUR LORD DOTH COME. But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore, BE YE ALSO READY : FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT, THE SON OF MAN COMETH.
Page 157 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 317 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 187 - SPIRIT in the inner man ; that CHRIST may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and to know the love of CHRIST, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of GOD.
Page 478 - Jews ; who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us. and they please not God, and are contrary to all men : forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway; for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.