Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian CharacterDodge & Sayre, 1813 - 230 pages |
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... favour , who will at last be confound- ed with disappointment , and sunk deep in despair . Let the reader , therefore , sit down to the follow- ing pages with this solemn question before him : Am I the friend of God , or am I His enemy ...
... favour , who will at last be confound- ed with disappointment , and sunk deep in despair . Let the reader , therefore , sit down to the follow- ing pages with this solemn question before him : Am I the friend of God , or am I His enemy ...
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... favour . We have only to open our eyes , to discern the fact that very wicked men are sometimes ortho- dox in their sentiments , Wicked men , as well as good men , are endowed with perception , reason , and conscience . And they are as ...
... favour . We have only to open our eyes , to discern the fact that very wicked men are sometimes ortho- dox in their sentiments , Wicked men , as well as good men , are endowed with perception , reason , and conscience . And they are as ...
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... favoured with a dis- covery of the total corruption of their hearts . They see that they have not the love of God in them . They are made sensible that they are under the domi- nion of the carnal mind that is enmity against God . The ...
... favoured with a dis- covery of the total corruption of their hearts . They see that they have not the love of God in them . They are made sensible that they are under the domi- nion of the carnal mind that is enmity against God . The ...
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... exhibited in the streets of Jerusalem . sooner did the Jews behold the miracles , and No share in the favour of the promised Messiah , than they overlooked all the humbling circumstances of his birth , 54 Confidence in good Estate .
... exhibited in the streets of Jerusalem . sooner did the Jews behold the miracles , and No share in the favour of the promised Messiah , than they overlooked all the humbling circumstances of his birth , 54 Confidence in good Estate .
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... favours . It involves complacency in His character . You see something in the character of your friend , which to you appears pleasing and amiable . You see something which is lovely ; and this loveli- ness is the foundation of your ...
... favours . It involves complacency in His character . You see something in the character of your friend , which to you appears pleasing and amiable . You see something which is lovely ; and this loveli- ness is the foundation of your ...
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Page 198 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 90 - Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 46 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 187 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Page 77 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Page 138 - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 158 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 70 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 215 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 195 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.