A Manual of Prayer: Designed to Assist Christians in Learning the Subjects and Modes of DevotionPerkins and Purves, 1838 - 306 pages |
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... desire throughout these pages , to keep them free from sectarian peculiarities , and to furnish a volume which would ( without of- fence to any ) contribute to the devotion of every evangelical denomination . If any bias should be ...
... desire throughout these pages , to keep them free from sectarian peculiarities , and to furnish a volume which would ( without of- fence to any ) contribute to the devotion of every evangelical denomination . If any bias should be ...
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... that the excellency and efficacy of prayer will depend very much on our knowing , definitely and thorough- ly , what we want , and how to express our desires THE AUTHOR . October , 1837 CONTENTS . Page 53 54 5528 55 56 ib . 12.
... that the excellency and efficacy of prayer will depend very much on our knowing , definitely and thorough- ly , what we want , and how to express our desires THE AUTHOR . October , 1837 CONTENTS . Page 53 54 5528 55 56 ib . 12.
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... desire to look into . There they learn the dignity of thy law , the rigour of thy justice , the immutability of thy truth , the depravity of man , the peril of his guilt , and the glory of thy mercy . O God , suffuse my heart with shame ...
... desire to look into . There they learn the dignity of thy law , the rigour of thy justice , the immutability of thy truth , the depravity of man , the peril of his guilt , and the glory of thy mercy . O God , suffuse my heart with shame ...
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... desire more the blessing of them that are ready to perish , than the favour of the wise , and rich , and mighty . Make me the steward of thy bounty ; for with such sacri- fices thou art well pleased . Incline me to practice that economy ...
... desire more the blessing of them that are ready to perish , than the favour of the wise , and rich , and mighty . Make me the steward of thy bounty ; for with such sacri- fices thou art well pleased . Incline me to practice that economy ...
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... desires and zeal go forth for the spiritual wants of mankind . Let not indolence , selfishness , nor unbelief steel my heart against the claims of those who live re- gardless of thy will , and of those who are perishing for lack of ...
... desires and zeal go forth for the spiritual wants of mankind . Let not indolence , selfishness , nor unbelief steel my heart against the claims of those who live re- gardless of thy will , and of those who are perishing for lack of ...
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Page 130 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 42 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 275 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 46 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 153 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh ; for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 249 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Page 69 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Page 117 - Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Page 145 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 201 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.