The Posthumous Works of the Late Rev. Mr. John Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Haddington: With Short Memoirs, and a Summary of what He Uttered in His Last IllnessR. Morrison and Son, booksellers, Perth., 1797 - 290 pages |
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... death , he was feized four times with fevers , which rapidly fucceeded one another , and brought him fo low , that almost everý perfon who faw him loft all hopes of his recovery i though he did not expect immediate death in these trou ...
... death , he was feized four times with fevers , which rapidly fucceeded one another , and brought him fo low , that almost everý perfon who faw him loft all hopes of his recovery i though he did not expect immediate death in these trou ...
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... death , from being ( as he thought ) a plague to his poor congregation ; however , when the comfort of the gospel revived him , he con- fidered this wish as his folly , and begged of the Lord , that , if it was not for his glory to ...
... death , from being ( as he thought ) a plague to his poor congregation ; however , when the comfort of the gospel revived him , he con- fidered this wish as his folly , and begged of the Lord , that , if it was not for his glory to ...
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... death till he had seen the Lord's Christ . ” In the clofe of his fermon he took a folemn farewell of his own people , and plainly intimated , that , in the pulpit , they would would fee his face no more . Though he was ( 10 ) Summary of ...
... death till he had seen the Lord's Christ . ” In the clofe of his fermon he took a folemn farewell of his own people , and plainly intimated , that , in the pulpit , they would would fee his face no more . Though he was ( 10 ) Summary of ...
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... death , that is the great matter . Often we read history as Atheists or Deifts , rather than as Chriftians . To read of events , without obferving the word of God in them , is to read as Atheists ; to read and not observe how all events ...
... death , that is the great matter . Often we read history as Atheists or Deifts , rather than as Chriftians . To read of events , without obferving the word of God in them , is to read as Atheists ; to read and not observe how all events ...
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... death of my father and mother , the death of a wife and children , in a re- markable way , wrought for my good . I could not but notice , when God took away thefe , he always fupplied their room with himfelf : May he deal thus with you ...
... death of my father and mother , the death of a wife and children , in a re- markable way , wrought for my good . I could not but notice , when God took away thefe , he always fupplied their room with himfelf : May he deal thus with you ...
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Page 6 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 155 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 246 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Page 112 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 170 - Spirit, not by the works of the law, but by the hearing of faith.
Page 198 - And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Page 155 - Wilt thou not from this time cry unto Me : — " My father, Thou art the guide of my youth?
Page 255 - This is a faithful faying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Chrift Jefus came into the world to fave finners ; of whom I am chief.
Page 24 - Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens fhall pafs away with a great noife, and the elements fhall melt with fervent heat, the earth alfo and the works that are therein (hall fee burnt up.
Page 23 - I have met with trials as well as others : yet so kind has God been to me, that I think, if He were to give me as many years as I have already lived in the world, I should not desire one single circumstance in my lot changed, except that I wish I had less sin. It might be written on my coffin, ' Here lies one of the cares of Providence, who early wanted both father and mother, and yet never missed them.