The Works of the Rev. H. Scougal: Containing the Life of God in the Soul of Man with Nine Other Discourses on Important Subjects, to which is Added a Sermon Preached at the Author's FuneralPierce and Williams, 1829 - 272 pages |
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... neighbour . ' II . The indispensable Duty of loving our Ene- mies . On Luke vi . 27. But I say unto you which hear , Love your enemies . ' 6 III . The Necessity and Advantage of early Af- flictions . - On Lam . iii . 27 , 28. It is good ...
... neighbour . ' II . The indispensable Duty of loving our Ene- mies . On Luke vi . 27. But I say unto you which hear , Love your enemies . ' 6 III . The Necessity and Advantage of early Af- flictions . - On Lam . iii . 27 , 28. It is good ...
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... neighbour , are eminently comprehended : for he who doth truly love all the world , will be nearly concerned in the interest of every one ; and so far from wronging or injuring any person , that he will resent any evil that befalls ...
... neighbour , are eminently comprehended : for he who doth truly love all the world , will be nearly concerned in the interest of every one ; and so far from wronging or injuring any person , that he will resent any evil that befalls ...
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... neighbour as himself can never entertain any base or injurious thought , or be wanting in expressions of bounty : he had rather suffer a thousand wrongs , than be guilty of one ; and never accounts himself happy , but when some one or ...
... neighbour as himself can never entertain any base or injurious thought , or be wanting in expressions of bounty : he had rather suffer a thousand wrongs , than be guilty of one ; and never accounts himself happy , but when some one or ...
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... his goodness , and exhorting others to serve and obey him . If we want that charity , and those bowels of compassion which we ought to have towards our neighbours , yet must we not omit any occasion of doing them good 60 THE LIFE OF GOD.
... his goodness , and exhorting others to serve and obey him . If we want that charity , and those bowels of compassion which we ought to have towards our neighbours , yet must we not omit any occasion of doing them good 60 THE LIFE OF GOD.
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... neighbours are christians , they are content to be so too ; but they are seldom at the pains to consid- er the evidences of those truths , or to ponder the impor- tance and tendency of them ; and thence it is that they have so little ...
... neighbours are christians , they are content to be so too ; but they are seldom at the pains to consid- er the evidences of those truths , or to ponder the impor- tance and tendency of them ; and thence it is that they have so little ...
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Page 190 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day, and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes ; and be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
Page 152 - How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with Thee.
Page 193 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 118 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 151 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; And thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 84 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that It is for his life.
Page 126 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 141 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 150 - The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S : but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Page 147 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.