Essays to Do Good, Addressed to All Christians, Whether in Publick Or Private CapacitiesStevens, 1826 - 148 pages |
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... Saviour , and a communion wi him , will be sufficient to carry thee through all ! It will be impossible to avoid ENVY , " For a rig work , " and for a good one , and especially if a man many such , " he shall be envied of his.
... Saviour , and a communion wi him , will be sufficient to carry thee through all ! It will be impossible to avoid ENVY , " For a rig work , " and for a good one , and especially if a man many such , " he shall be envied of his.
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... Saviour , so wor- thy of thy love , a Lord whose infinite goodness will follow all thou dost for him , with remunerations , be- yond all conception glorious ; how little , how little is it that thou dost for him ! At the same time ...
... Saviour , so wor- thy of thy love , a Lord whose infinite goodness will follow all thou dost for him , with remunerations , be- yond all conception glorious ; how little , how little is it that thou dost for him ! At the same time ...
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... Saviour hath favoured us . THE TRUE NATURE OF GOOD WORKS . To the title of Good Works belong those Essays to do Good , which we are now urging . To produce them , the first thing , and indeed the one thing need- ful , is - A glorious ...
... Saviour hath favoured us . THE TRUE NATURE OF GOOD WORKS . To the title of Good Works belong those Essays to do Good , which we are now urging . To produce them , the first thing , and indeed the one thing need- ful , is - A glorious ...
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... Saviour : but it is faith , only as renouncing our own righteousness , and relying on that of Christ , pro- vided for the chief of sinners , by which we are jus- tified . All our attempts at good works will come to nothing , till a ...
... Saviour : but it is faith , only as renouncing our own righteousness , and relying on that of Christ , pro- vided for the chief of sinners , by which we are jus- tified . All our attempts at good works will come to nothing , till a ...
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... Saviour for an interest in his righteous- ness , will also apply to him for strength to perform the good works which are " ordained that we should walk in them . " If our faith be not of this kind , it is a lifeless faith , and such as ...
... Saviour for an interest in his righteous- ness , will also apply to him for strength to perform the good works which are " ordained that we should walk in them . " If our faith be not of this kind , it is a lifeless faith , and such as ...
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Page 92 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 108 - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 46 - For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband ? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
Page 102 - 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 106 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 7 - Good,' which I think was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 146 - 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 113 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Page 35 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 94 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the. tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.