A Treatise on the Keeping of the HeartA. Blauvelt, 1801 - 212 pages |
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... enemies without , and in danger of being betrayed by treacherous citizens within ; in which danger , the soldiers , upon pain of death , are commanded to watch . And whereas the expression , keep thy heart , seems to put it upon us as ...
... enemies without , and in danger of being betrayed by treacherous citizens within ; in which danger , the soldiers , upon pain of death , are commanded to watch . And whereas the expression , keep thy heart , seems to put it upon us as ...
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... enemies hand , was the evil of their hearts , Jer . iv . 14. O Jerusalem , wash thine heart from wickedness , that thou mayst be saved ; how long shall vain thoughts lodge within thee ? The wickedness and vanity of their thoughts God ...
... enemies hand , was the evil of their hearts , Jer . iv . 14. O Jerusalem , wash thine heart from wickedness , that thou mayst be saved ; how long shall vain thoughts lodge within thee ? The wickedness and vanity of their thoughts God ...
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... enemy to enter that city , whose gates are open and unguarded ; it is the watchful heart that discovers and sup- presses the temptation before it comes to its strength . Divines observe this to be the method in which temptations are ri ...
... enemy to enter that city , whose gates are open and unguarded ; it is the watchful heart that discovers and sup- presses the temptation before it comes to its strength . Divines observe this to be the method in which temptations are ri ...
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... enemies , the Lord ( saith he ) is my strength and ny rock , he is be- come my salvation . They did not put the crown upon their own heads , as I do . ( 3 ) The mercies of God have been melt- ing mercies unto others , melting their ...
... enemies , the Lord ( saith he ) is my strength and ny rock , he is be- come my salvation . They did not put the crown upon their own heads , as I do . ( 3 ) The mercies of God have been melt- ing mercies unto others , melting their ...
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... enemy . may , shelter in the siege ; and no man doubts but it is wisely done such as have gangrened legs or arms , can willingly stretch them out to be cut off , and not only thank , but pay the chirurgion for his pains : and must God ...
... enemy . may , shelter in the siege ; and no man doubts but it is wisely done such as have gangrened legs or arms , can willingly stretch them out to be cut off , and not only thank , but pay the chirurgion for his pains : and must God ...
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Page 107 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 140 - But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Page 136 - For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Page 20 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; He that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; He that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; He that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Page 26 - MY HEART is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Page 116 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 34 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : when I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 77 - Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him : but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Page 202 - The law of his God is in his heart ; none of his steps shall slide.
Page 6 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.