The Works of the Rev. J. Newton ...: With the Memoirs of the Author and General Remarks on His Life, Connections, and Character, Volume 3Hamilton, Adams & Company, 1824 |
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... number of folios , will not expect to find every thing that might have deserved a place . The life of a man would hardly suffice to furnish a work of this sort in its just extent . I must content myself with selecting a competent num ...
... number of folios , will not expect to find every thing that might have deserved a place . The life of a man would hardly suffice to furnish a work of this sort in its just extent . I must content myself with selecting a competent num ...
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... numbers and authority on his side . Thus he almost persuades himself he has carried his point , and that it is not so impossible to serve two masters , as our Lord's words seem to import . But the preaching of the pure Gospel , which en ...
... numbers and authority on his side . Thus he almost persuades himself he has carried his point , and that it is not so impossible to serve two masters , as our Lord's words seem to import . But the preaching of the pure Gospel , which en ...
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... number daily to increase , and therefore could not but fear their own influence would proportionably decline . Once more : Mistaking the nature of his king- dom , which he often spoke of , they opposed him from reasons of state ; they ...
... number daily to increase , and therefore could not but fear their own influence would proportionably decline . Once more : Mistaking the nature of his king- dom , which he often spoke of , they opposed him from reasons of state ; they ...
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... number that then met here is expressed by the apostle to have been more than † five hundred . We can hardly suppose that any who loved him , and were able to travel , would have been absent upon so interesting an occasion ; but how ...
... number that then met here is expressed by the apostle to have been more than † five hundred . We can hardly suppose that any who loved him , and were able to travel , would have been absent upon so interesting an occasion ; but how ...
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... number of these has been always sufficient to confute those who would insinuate , that the Gospel is only suited to the taste of the vulgar and ignorant ; yet it has always been so small , as to make it evident that the truth is not ...
... number of these has been always sufficient to confute those who would insinuate , that the Gospel is only suited to the taste of the vulgar and ignorant ; yet it has always been so small , as to make it evident that the truth is not ...
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Page 54 - That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed...
Page 565 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 60 - The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
Page 389 - E'er since by faith I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme And shall be till I die.
Page 118 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.
Page 609 - As a little child relies On a care beyond his own, Knows he's neither strong nor wise, Fears to stir a step alone ; Let me thus with Thee abide, As my Father, Guard, and Guide.
Page 578 - LORD, my best desire fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort to thy will, And make thy pleasure mine. 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears, Or tremble at the gracious hand That wipes away my tears...
Page 362 - Oh, for grace our hearts to soften! Teach us, Lord, at length to love; We, alas! forget too often What a Friend we have above: But when home our souls are brought, We will love Thee as we ought.
Page 375 - There, like streams that feed the garden^ Pleasures without end shall flow ; For the Lord, your faith rewarding, All his bounty shall bestow : Still in undisturbed possession Peace and righteousness shall reign ; Never shall you feel oppression, Hear the voice of war again.
Page 45 - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.