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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... heart of fome , and poureth grace plentifully in them . 2. The wind , especially the north wind , hath a cleansing force ; fo the fpirit of God purgeth our hearts from dead works , to ferve the living God , making us partakers of the ...
... heart of fome , and poureth grace plentifully in them . 2. The wind , especially the north wind , hath a cleansing force ; fo the fpirit of God purgeth our hearts from dead works , to ferve the living God , making us partakers of the ...
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... heart of a christian but it is useful ( as occafion serves ) both to God and man . 4. Further , in a garden there is ... hearts of chriftians , Chrift hath always fomewhat to do , we would elfe foon be overgrown and turn wild in all ...
... heart of a christian but it is useful ( as occafion serves ) both to God and man . 4. Further , in a garden there is ... hearts of chriftians , Chrift hath always fomewhat to do , we would elfe foon be overgrown and turn wild in all ...
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... heart , the Lord will not regard the best thing that comes from us , as our prayers , Heb . xii . 11. Heb . xiii . We must then learn of himfelf how and wherein to please him . Obedience from a broken heart is the best facrifice . Mark ...
... heart , the Lord will not regard the best thing that comes from us , as our prayers , Heb . xii . 11. Heb . xiii . We must then learn of himfelf how and wherein to please him . Obedience from a broken heart is the best facrifice . Mark ...
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... heart , fruitful from this ground , that God hath planted us for this purpose , that we may do good to mankind ... hearts as a garden , that nothing that defileth may enter in which refpects the church is compared to a garden upon which ...
... heart , fruitful from this ground , that God hath planted us for this purpose , that we may do good to mankind ... hearts as a garden , that nothing that defileth may enter in which refpects the church is compared to a garden upon which ...
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... heart , defired that Chrift would delight in his own graces in her , and kindly accept of what the prefented him with.- Whence we fee , That A gracious heart is privy to its own grace and fincerity , when it is in a right temper ; and ...
... heart , defired that Chrift would delight in his own graces in her , and kindly accept of what the prefented him with.- Whence we fee , That A gracious heart is privy to its own grace and fincerity , when it is in a right temper ; and ...
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Popular passages
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.