Memoirs of the Rev. John H. Livingston ...: Prepared in Compliance with a Request of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North AmericaW. A. Mercein, printer, 1829 - 540 pages |
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Page 18
... means particularly , whereby the Lord at first wrought upon my heart . When I was but very young , I would sometimes pray with some feeling , and read the word with delight ; but thereaf- ter did often intermit any such exercise ; -I ...
... means particularly , whereby the Lord at first wrought upon my heart . When I was but very young , I would sometimes pray with some feeling , and read the word with delight ; but thereaf- ter did often intermit any such exercise ; -I ...
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... means secures the possession of saving grace ; yet still it may be averred , that it is not altogether unaccompanied both with honour and profit . A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children : * and a history of many of ...
... means secures the possession of saving grace ; yet still it may be averred , that it is not altogether unaccompanied both with honour and profit . A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children : * and a history of many of ...
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... means of starting an enterprise against the pirates , at that period very numerous and destructive . It is no small evidence of the re- gard entertained for him , and of the confidence re- posed in his judgment , that the King , Lord ...
... means of starting an enterprise against the pirates , at that period very numerous and destructive . It is no small evidence of the re- gard entertained for him , and of the confidence re- posed in his judgment , that the King , Lord ...
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... means , if not immediately followed by a sa- ving change of heart , at any particular period of their enjoyment , were not altogether unproductive of salutary effects.- " While I was yet a child , " he says , " the solemn impressions of ...
... means , if not immediately followed by a sa- ving change of heart , at any particular period of their enjoyment , were not altogether unproductive of salutary effects.- " While I was yet a child , " he says , " the solemn impressions of ...
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... means of grace.— Some , possibly , who read these pages can confess , that they have sadly disregarded the tears , and prayers , and faithful instructions of pious friends- still living , or peradventure , already mouldering in the ...
... means of grace.— Some , possibly , who read these pages can confess , that they have sadly disregarded the tears , and prayers , and faithful instructions of pious friends- still living , or peradventure , already mouldering in the ...
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Page 23 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 373 - And I saw another Angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting .gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and 494 FALL OF BABYLON.
Page 14 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man, that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Page 264 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page 216 - But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 471 - So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 489 - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Page 398 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Page 437 - There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
Page 447 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God...