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... hear , & c . 212 · 221 Exposition of the Creed . 233 Exposition of the Lord's Prayer . 270 Exposition of the Ten Commandments . 340 Of Precept I. 349 Precept II . 356 Precept III . 362 Precept IV . 368 Precept V. 374 Precept VI . 378 ...
... hear , & c . 212 · 221 Exposition of the Creed . 233 Exposition of the Lord's Prayer . 270 Exposition of the Ten Commandments . 340 Of Precept I. 349 Precept II . 356 Precept III . 362 Precept IV . 368 Precept V. 374 Precept VI . 378 ...
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... hear , that if they will come to Christ , they must renounce their own wisdom to be fit for his , many of them go away as sorrowful as the young man , when he heard of selling all his goods and giving them to the poor . Jesus Christ is ...
... hear , that if they will come to Christ , they must renounce their own wisdom to be fit for his , many of them go away as sorrowful as the young man , when he heard of selling all his goods and giving them to the poor . Jesus Christ is ...
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... hears but he , and is a language that none understands but he . But it is a rare , unfrequented thing , this ... hear thy voice , for it is sweet ; as a father delights in the little stammering , lisping lan- guage of his beloved ...
... hears but he , and is a language that none understands but he . But it is a rare , unfrequented thing , this ... hear thy voice , for it is sweet ; as a father delights in the little stammering , lisping lan- guage of his beloved ...
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... hear him speak to them . God complains thus of his own people , I spoke to them in their prosperity , and they would not hear . The noises of coach - wheels , of their pleasures , and of their great affairs , so fill their ears , that ...
... hear him speak to them . God complains thus of his own people , I spoke to them in their prosperity , and they would not hear . The noises of coach - wheels , of their pleasures , and of their great affairs , so fill their ears , that ...
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... hear so much noise of religion in the world , and to find so little piety . To present the living God with a carcase of lifeless worship , is to pay him with shells of services , and so to mock him ; and it is a more admirable long ...
... hear so much noise of religion in the world , and to find so little piety . To present the living God with a carcase of lifeless worship , is to pay him with shells of services , and so to mock him ; and it is a more admirable long ...
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Page 123 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 43 - For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie : though it tarry, wait for it ; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Page 299 - Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Page 494 - I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Page 47 - If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Page 169 - Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave : for he shall receive me.
Page 40 - In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people...
Page 83 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? Doth his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies...
Page 523 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Page 225 - For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.