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Page 43 - Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Page 11 - And He said, I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee ; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Page 19 - Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me : thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
Page 7 - They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Page 42 - I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Page 20 - For what man knowcth the things of a man, fave the fpirit of a man which is in him ? Even fo, the things, of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God.
Page 10 - O how great is thy goodnefs, which thou haft laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou haft wrought for them that truft in thee, before the fons of men ! 20 Thou fhalt hide them in the fecret of thy prefence from the pride of man : thou fhalt!
Page 43 - I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work d ." Two doctrines, both of them distinctly Christian, throw their guardian shadows over the lesson.
Page 12 - Oh ! the depth of the riches, both of the wifdom and knowledge of God ! How unfearchable are his judgments, and his ways paft finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been hiscounfellor?
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| Title | The snares of prospertiy, a sermon. To which is added, An essay on visiting, Volume 1 The snares of prospertiy, a sermon. To which is added, An essay on visiting, John Clayton |
| Author | John Clayton |
| Publisher | J. Buckland, 1789 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 43 pages |
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