A Treatise of Repentance and of FastingJ.H. Parker, 1841 - 213 pages |
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... consider ; that this is the way to make men leave their sins ; and so be restored to true joy and gladness . If they can take pleasure in evil courses , as well as in good , they will never be at the trouble of an exchange : nor scarce ...
... consider ; that this is the way to make men leave their sins ; and so be restored to true joy and gladness . If they can take pleasure in evil courses , as well as in good , they will never be at the trouble of an exchange : nor scarce ...
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... consider solemnly how they have opposed God , and set themselves against His authority , it will strike them with the like consternation and amazement : and they will not think fit , so much as to look up unto Him whom they have so ...
... consider solemnly how they have opposed God , and set themselves against His authority , it will strike them with the like consternation and amazement : and they will not think fit , so much as to look up unto Him whom they have so ...
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... consider how solicitous their predecessors were to have such sinners truly humbled , and how cautious to observe the kind and quality of the sins , which they lamented in the state of penance . Nay , there were some Martyrs so wise as ...
... consider how solicitous their predecessors were to have such sinners truly humbled , and how cautious to observe the kind and quality of the sins , which they lamented in the state of penance . Nay , there were some Martyrs so wise as ...
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... consider how restless the spirit of sedition and rebellion hath been since among us , and brought us again so near the very same dreadful danger , that we were just upon the point of beholding all order and government over - turned ...
... consider how restless the spirit of sedition and rebellion hath been since among us , and brought us again so near the very same dreadful danger , that we were just upon the point of beholding all order and government over - turned ...
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... consider the other thing ; not only how insensible most people are of all such matters , ( which in bodily distem- pers is counted the worst symptom in the world ) but how few have been amended by the public judgments which have either ...
... consider the other thing ; not only how insensible most people are of all such matters , ( which in bodily distem- pers is counted the worst symptom in the world ) but how few have been amended by the public judgments which have either ...
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Page 201 - Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
Page 10 - Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners ; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep : let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Page 83 - Because I have called, and ye have refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 82 - And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Page 1 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 89 - Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
Page 84 - ... Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Page 88 - In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Page 73 - Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have 4 refused to return.
Page 96 - The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.