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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... pains which God has been at to fave me , and the pains which I have been at to destroy myfelf ! but he hath partly gained , and I hope that he 1 will completely gain the victory . I find reading tires will ( 14 )
... pains which God has been at to fave me , and the pains which I have been at to destroy myfelf ! but he hath partly gained , and I hope that he 1 will completely gain the victory . I find reading tires will ( 14 )
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... pains with , us . But it is not eafy for our hearts to believe fuch things mercies . Alas , how often we pray that God's will may be done ; and yet , when he takes his will , we think we do well to be angry ! We pray that God would di ...
... pains with , us . But it is not eafy for our hearts to believe fuch things mercies . Alas , how often we pray that God's will may be done ; and yet , when he takes his will , we think we do well to be angry ! We pray that God would di ...
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... pains to ask him . Hitherto we have asked him nothing . Owhat shame , fin , and folly to us , that we will not ask when we have fo much need of one , of all his bleffings ! O what shame , fin , and folly to us , that we will not even ...
... pains to ask him . Hitherto we have asked him nothing . Owhat shame , fin , and folly to us , that we will not ask when we have fo much need of one , of all his bleffings ! O what shame , fin , and folly to us , that we will not even ...
Page 120
... Pains and fores , which deprive us of our night's reft , are far better than wounds without pain . It is fweet to give Chrift his hands full of spiritually broken arms , and legs , and dif jointed bones . Our spoiled work , loffes ...
... Pains and fores , which deprive us of our night's reft , are far better than wounds without pain . It is fweet to give Chrift his hands full of spiritually broken arms , and legs , and dif jointed bones . Our spoiled work , loffes ...
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... pains and delightful torments which are in loving Chrift ! I often blame time that keeps us afunder . I would be over head and ears in the ocean of his love . I am ready to call the mask and vail on his face cruel , because it hides ...
... pains and delightful torments which are in loving Chrift ! I often blame time that keeps us afunder . I would be over head and ears in the ocean of his love . I am ready to call the mask and vail on his face cruel , because it hides ...
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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.