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... desire or thought of pleasing him ? Yet thus it is . - The carnal mind is not only desperately wicked , but deeply deceitful ; it deceives others , and often it deceives itself . As the magicians of Egypt , though enemies to Moses , at ...
... desire or thought of pleasing him ? Yet thus it is . - The carnal mind is not only desperately wicked , but deeply deceitful ; it deceives others , and often it deceives itself . As the magicians of Egypt , though enemies to Moses , at ...
Page xiv
... desire no more . I propose to open a more pleasing prospect , to point out , by a long suc- cession of witnesses , the native tendency and proper influence of the religion of Jesus ; to produce the toconcurring suffrage of different ...
... desire no more . I propose to open a more pleasing prospect , to point out , by a long suc- cession of witnesses , the native tendency and proper influence of the religion of Jesus ; to produce the toconcurring suffrage of different ...
Page xvii
... desire of completing the work has prevailed , and I send this abroad with the title of a first volume , because I hope it will be followed by more , if the great God , who has the so- vereign disposal of his creatures , shall be pleased ...
... desire of completing the work has prevailed , and I send this abroad with the title of a first volume , because I hope it will be followed by more , if the great God , who has the so- vereign disposal of his creatures , shall be pleased ...
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... desire to serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son . I have long thought an attempt of this kind would be seasonable , I pray that it may be useful . If it should in any measure contribute to remove or soften the prejudice by which ...
... desire to serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son . I have long thought an attempt of this kind would be seasonable , I pray that it may be useful . If it should in any measure contribute to remove or soften the prejudice by which ...
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... some well- meaning persons , from a too earnest desire to b Gal . v . 4 . c Bossuet Univ . Hist . Prideaux Connec . a Rom . iv .; Gal . iii . 16 , 17 . d render the counsels of God more acceptable to the 22 [ BOOK I. A Review of.
... some well- meaning persons , from a too earnest desire to b Gal . v . 4 . c Bossuet Univ . Hist . Prideaux Connec . a Rom . iv .; Gal . iii . 16 , 17 . d render the counsels of God more acceptable to the 22 [ BOOK I. A Review of.
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Page 72 - That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed...
Page 56 - HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast ; Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary rest.
Page 4 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road, That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 260 - And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Page 57 - Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But when I see thee as thou art, I'll praise thee as I ought.
Page 84 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 59 - See, the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove ; Who can faint while such a river Ever flows their thirst to assuage — Grace, which, like the Lord, the giver, Never fails from age to age?
Page 279 - Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded ? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Page 3 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 309 - I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.