Extracts from the Diary of the Late Rev. Robert ShirreffD. Brown, 1821 - 160 pages |
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... strength could well bear . " Such was this godly man , whose praise is in the churches where he had an opportunity of being known . But among his people he lived , to them he was best known ; and they are his witnesses how holily ...
... strength could well bear . " Such was this godly man , whose praise is in the churches where he had an opportunity of being known . But among his people he lived , to them he was best known ; and they are his witnesses how holily ...
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... strength . The Lord is my rock , my fortress , and my deliver- er - my God , my strength in whom I will trust - my buckler and the horn of my salvation , and my high tower . " Let this be ratified in all ages , and confirm- ed in heaven ...
... strength . The Lord is my rock , my fortress , and my deliver- er - my God , my strength in whom I will trust - my buckler and the horn of my salvation , and my high tower . " Let this be ratified in all ages , and confirm- ed in heaven ...
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... communion frame ; 2d , Strength to withstand the violence of my besetting sins ; 3d , As- sistance for my work ; 4th , That I may be an ornament to my profession by a humble and circumspect walk before men ; 5th , That I may be enabled 3.
... communion frame ; 2d , Strength to withstand the violence of my besetting sins ; 3d , As- sistance for my work ; 4th , That I may be an ornament to my profession by a humble and circumspect walk before men ; 5th , That I may be enabled 3.
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... , angels , and men to witness , that this I do , believing and hoping that he will grant strength for through - bearing in eve- ry trial , and for encountering every difficulty , for before men; 5th, That I may be enabled ...
... , angels , and men to witness , that this I do , believing and hoping that he will grant strength for through - bearing in eve- ry trial , and for encountering every difficulty , for before men; 5th, That I may be enabled ...
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... strength I will fight the good fight of faith , and overcome all the enemies who are plotting the destruction of my precious soul , and purpose to abstain from all appearances of evil ; particularly from that which doth easily beset me ...
... strength I will fight the good fight of faith , and overcome all the enemies who are plotting the destruction of my precious soul , and purpose to abstain from all appearances of evil ; particularly from that which doth easily beset me ...
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Page 46 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 1 - The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Page 58 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Page 6 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 144 - Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel ; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Page 142 - One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 31 - O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak : O Lord, heal me ; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed : but thou, O Lord how long? Return, O Lord, deliver my soul : oh save me for thy mercies
Page 54 - Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 61 - For his anger endureth but a moment ; in his favour is life : weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Page 26 - If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.