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... thoughts , and account it folly ; yet sure the Christian that delights in purity , seeing he cannot be free from daily sin , when he retires him- self at night , is then best contented when his eyes serve him most plentifully to weep ...
... thoughts , and account it folly ; yet sure the Christian that delights in purity , seeing he cannot be free from daily sin , when he retires him- self at night , is then best contented when his eyes serve him most plentifully to weep ...
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... thoughts that are impure . The unholy soul , like the mystical Babylon , Apoc . xiii . , makes itself a cage of unclean birds , and an habitation of filthy spirits ; and if it continues to be such , it must when it dislodges , take up ...
... thoughts that are impure . The unholy soul , like the mystical Babylon , Apoc . xiii . , makes itself a cage of unclean birds , and an habitation of filthy spirits ; and if it continues to be such , it must when it dislodges , take up ...
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... thoughts towards him in the time of affliction . The shortness and the various signification of the words used in the original , gives occasion to some other readings and another sense of them . But this we have in our translation ...
... thoughts towards him in the time of affliction . The shortness and the various signification of the words used in the original , gives occasion to some other readings and another sense of them . But this we have in our translation ...
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... thoughts to him concerning itself , and concerning him and his dealing with it , and the purposes and intentions it hath to- wards him ; which is the speech here recommended , and is that divine exercise of meditation , and soliloquy of ...
... thoughts to him concerning itself , and concerning him and his dealing with it , and the purposes and intentions it hath to- wards him ; which is the speech here recommended , and is that divine exercise of meditation , and soliloquy of ...
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... thoughts and speeches in most things run to waste , yea are defiled , as water spilt on the ground , is both lost ... thoughts ; a time of the returning of the mind inwards and upwards . A high place , fulness and pleasure draw the mind ...
... thoughts and speeches in most things run to waste , yea are defiled , as water spilt on the ground , is both lost ... thoughts ; a time of the returning of the mind inwards and upwards . A high place , fulness and pleasure draw the mind ...
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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.