The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...T. Hamilton and J. Smith, 1821 |
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... stands distinguished from all false religions ; and as revealed in the person of Jesus , it is distinguished from all former dispensations of the true God , who , in time past , had spoken by the prophets , but was pleased , in those ...
... stands distinguished from all false religions ; and as revealed in the person of Jesus , it is distinguished from all former dispensations of the true God , who , in time past , had spoken by the prophets , but was pleased , in those ...
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... stands fair with all who would be religious upon cheap terms , and fair in his own esteem , having numbers and authority on his side . Thus he almost persuades himself he has carried his point , and that it is not so impossible to serve ...
... stands fair with all who would be religious upon cheap terms , and fair in his own esteem , having numbers and authority on his side . Thus he almost persuades himself he has carried his point , and that it is not so impossible to serve ...
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... stand unconcerned ? No ; it is said in several places , they were filled with indignation , " and essayed every means to bring his person and miracles into disrepute . The methods they used are wor- thy of notice , having been often ...
... stand unconcerned ? No ; it is said in several places , they were filled with indignation , " and essayed every means to bring his person and miracles into disrepute . The methods they used are wor- thy of notice , having been often ...
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... standing God was pleased to send his own Son with a gracious message ; notwithstanding his whole life was a series of wonders , and all his actions discovered a wisdom , power , and good- ness answerable to his high character ; notwith ...
... standing God was pleased to send his own Son with a gracious message ; notwithstanding his whole life was a series of wonders , and all his actions discovered a wisdom , power , and good- ness answerable to his high character ; notwith ...
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... standing in the fore - front of the battle , to sustain the hottest brunt of every storm . Stephen was no sooner a public person than he became the mark of public opposition . At first , they pretended to dispute with him ; but when ...
... standing in the fore - front of the battle , to sustain the hottest brunt of every storm . Stephen was no sooner a public person than he became the mark of public opposition . At first , they pretended to dispute with him ; but when ...
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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.