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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... means of attention to thefe , he was led into much tenderness in his external behaviour . The imprefiions which were made on his mind by the fermons het he begud sal the books which he read , were , o great , and fometimes continued for ...
... means of attention to thefe , he was led into much tenderness in his external behaviour . The imprefiions which were made on his mind by the fermons het he begud sal the books which he read , were , o great , and fometimes continued for ...
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... means of this re- proach , led him to ponder his own heart and way ; this , with other confiderations , excited him to submit to his lot , and kept him from expofing his flanderers . Mi- cah's words much affected his heart , chap . vii ...
... means of this re- proach , led him to ponder his own heart and way ; this , with other confiderations , excited him to submit to his lot , and kept him from expofing his flanderers . Mi- cah's words much affected his heart , chap . vii ...
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... means , the Lord hath preferved and restrained me . From low circumftances , God hath , by his mere grace , exalted the orphan to the highest station in the church , and I hope hath given me fome fuccefs , not on- ly in preaching and in ...
... means , the Lord hath preferved and restrained me . From low circumftances , God hath , by his mere grace , exalted the orphan to the highest station in the church , and I hope hath given me fome fuccefs , not on- ly in preaching and in ...
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... means , is much increased . From experience I can testify , that liberality to the Lord is one of the best and effectual means of making one rich ; " This is that giveth , and yet increaseth . " Reflecting upon my own conduct , I lament ...
... means , is much increased . From experience I can testify , that liberality to the Lord is one of the best and effectual means of making one rich ; " This is that giveth , and yet increaseth . " Reflecting upon my own conduct , I lament ...
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... means which ministers can use for promoting the welfare of fouls , and it would be happy for the church , if the zeal and care of her teachers were chiefly manifefted about things of this nature . But the mercies which I have received ...
... means which ministers can use for promoting the welfare of fouls , and it would be happy for the church , if the zeal and care of her teachers were chiefly manifefted about things of this nature . But the mercies which I have received ...
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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.