The Works of the Reverend Richard Sibbs ...: To which is Prefixed, a Short Memoir of the Author's Life. ...J. Chalmers & Company, 1809 |
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... danger for the deepeft wit , or the largest affection ( yea of a Solomon ) to over- reach ; for the knowledge of Chrift to his church , is above all knowledge - Ephef . iii . 19. The angels themselves may admire it , though they cannot ...
... danger for the deepeft wit , or the largest affection ( yea of a Solomon ) to over- reach ; for the knowledge of Chrift to his church , is above all knowledge - Ephef . iii . 19. The angels themselves may admire it , though they cannot ...
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... danger of fin , all is well : But only fuch have the comfort of this communion , as love him for himself . Let us not fo much trouble ourselves about figns , as be careful to do our duty to Chrift , and then will Christ discover his ...
... danger of fin , all is well : But only fuch have the comfort of this communion , as love him for himself . Let us not fo much trouble ourselves about figns , as be careful to do our duty to Chrift , and then will Christ discover his ...
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... danger of drinking too much where the fpring is infinite , we can never draw thefe wells dry , never fuck thefe breasts of confolation too much ; and the more strong and cheerful we are , the better service we shall perform , and the ...
... danger of drinking too much where the fpring is infinite , we can never draw thefe wells dry , never fuck thefe breasts of confolation too much ; and the more strong and cheerful we are , the better service we shall perform , and the ...
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... dangerous diftemper ; cor- ruption will not only ftrive for life , but for rule . If there had had been a thorough reformation in the church , after her for- mer trouble , and a thorough clofing with Chrift , fhe would not thus have ...
... dangerous diftemper ; cor- ruption will not only ftrive for life , but for rule . If there had had been a thorough reformation in the church , after her for- mer trouble , and a thorough clofing with Chrift , fhe would not thus have ...
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... danger . It is like poifon in the ftomach , if it be not caft up , it will infect the whole body . Is it not better to take fhame to ourselves now , than to be ashamed hereafter before angels , devils , and men ? How careful is God of ...
... danger . It is like poifon in the ftomach , if it be not caft up , it will infect the whole body . Is it not better to take fhame to ourselves now , than to be ashamed hereafter before angels , devils , and men ? How careful is God of ...
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Page 79 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 172 - The watchmen that went about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Page 342 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Page 38 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Page 191 - What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Page 342 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Page 156 - I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him ; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Page 210 - My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Page 2 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 149 - My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.