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 Funeral, by George GairdenPierce and Williams, 1831 - 272 pages |
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... interest I had with the author , it was re- ferred to me whether it should lie in a private closet , or be let go abroad . I was not long in suspense , having read it over ; and knowing that the author had written out nothing here , but ...
... interest I had with the author , it was re- ferred to me whether it should lie in a private closet , or be let go abroad . I was not long in suspense , having read it over ; and knowing that the author had written out nothing here , but ...
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... interests ; and your pious inclinations do so happily conspire with my duty , that I shall not need to step out of my road to gratify you ; but I may at once perform an office of friendship , and dis- charge an exercise of my function ...
... interests ; and your pious inclinations do so happily conspire with my duty , that I shall not need to step out of my road to gratify you ; but I may at once perform an office of friendship , and dis- charge an exercise of my function ...
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... interest , and maintain his credit in the world . But this is not all . This natural principle , by the help of reason , may take a higher flight , and come nigher the instances of piety and religion . It may incline a man to the dili ...
... interest , and maintain his credit in the world . But this is not all . This natural principle , by the help of reason , may take a higher flight , and come nigher the instances of piety and religion . It may incline a man to the dili ...
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... interests to pray for ; which , alas ! are almost the only things that are wont to drive us to our devotions . Nay , we may say his whole life was a kind of prayer , a constant course of communion with God ; if the sacrifice was not ...
... interests to pray for ; which , alas ! are almost the only things that are wont to drive us to our devotions . Nay , we may say his whole life was a kind of prayer , a constant course of communion with God ; if the sacrifice was not ...
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... interest , not thinking of them , nor car- ing for them any more , and minding nothing but how he may please and gratify the party whom he loves . Thus he is quite undone unless he meets with reciprocal affec- tion ; he neglects himself ...
... interest , not thinking of them , nor car- ing for them any more , and minding nothing but how he may please and gratify the party whom he loves . Thus he is quite undone unless he meets with reciprocal affec- tion ; he neglects himself ...
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Page 217 - ... looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority, let no man despise thee.
Page 154 - 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 156 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
Page 195 - 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 120 - 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 215 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 152 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 153 - 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 153 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 86 - 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.