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Page 38
... continual request " What I see not , teach thou me . " And if I have done , & c . That is , " any iniquity that I yet know not of , any hidden sin , let me but once see it , and I hope thou shalt see it no more within me ; not willingly ...
... continual request " What I see not , teach thou me . " And if I have done , & c . That is , " any iniquity that I yet know not of , any hidden sin , let me but once see it , and I hope thou shalt see it no more within me ; not willingly ...
Page 56
... continual employment ; judge , then , if it be not needful to bid this man arise . Lastly , This voice may import , that man is spiri- tually dead . God is the life of the soul , as he is of the body ; while he dwells there , it is both ...
... continual employment ; judge , then , if it be not needful to bid this man arise . Lastly , This voice may import , that man is spiri- tually dead . God is the life of the soul , as he is of the body ; while he dwells there , it is both ...
Page 99
... continual enormities of licentious and profane persons , which are by external profession in the face of the visible church , though indeed they be in it , but as spots and blemishes , as the apostle speaks : or whe- ther it be the ...
... continual enormities of licentious and profane persons , which are by external profession in the face of the visible church , though indeed they be in it , but as spots and blemishes , as the apostle speaks : or whe- ther it be the ...
Page 140
... continual teachers within , directing all in obedience , and would make it both more constant , sweet and pleasant , as natural motion ; whereas it is grievous and violent that is from wrath or outward power , and therefore lasts not as ...
... continual teachers within , directing all in obedience , and would make it both more constant , sweet and pleasant , as natural motion ; whereas it is grievous and violent that is from wrath or outward power , and therefore lasts not as ...
Page 142
... continual necessity and use of food , nor can dissuade any from using it . Thus , the abuses of authority infringe not this , that magistrates are a pub- lic good , yea , the unjust better than none , tyranny better than anarchy ; there ...
... continual necessity and use of food , nor can dissuade any from using it . Thus , the abuses of authority infringe not this , that magistrates are a pub- lic good , yea , the unjust better than none , tyranny better than anarchy ; there ...
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Page 123 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 43 - For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie : though it tarry, wait for it ; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Page 299 - Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Page 494 - I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Page 47 - If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Page 169 - Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave : for he shall receive me.
Page 40 - In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people...
Page 83 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? Doth his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies...
Page 523 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Page 225 - For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.