A Help to Professing Christians in Judging Their Spiritual State and Growth in GraceBlackie, Fullarton, 1831 - 336 pages |
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... father , will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish , will he for a fish give him a serpent ? Or if he shall ask an egg , will he offer him a scorpion ? " Now mark well the encouraging inference which he draws from this ; If ye then ...
... father , will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish , will he for a fish give him a serpent ? Or if he shall ask an egg , will he offer him a scorpion ? " Now mark well the encouraging inference which he draws from this ; If ye then ...
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... Father , by testifying to them from your experience , that wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness ; and by inviting them , from what you have felt , to taste and see that God is good . And you must , to a great degree , want that conso ...
... Father , by testifying to them from your experience , that wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness ; and by inviting them , from what you have felt , to taste and see that God is good . And you must , to a great degree , want that conso ...
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... Father's countenance , and the sensible experience of the joys of his salvation . In this respect there is no doubt great diversity . Some obtain a more abundant and more steady sense of the love of God shed abroad in their hearts ...
... Father's countenance , and the sensible experience of the joys of his salvation . In this respect there is no doubt great diversity . Some obtain a more abundant and more steady sense of the love of God shed abroad in their hearts ...
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... Father's face . No child of God can with clearness discern his state and character , during such dark and uncom- fortable seasons . His employment ought to be , to lay open and to search out his spiritual complaint . Let him endeavour ...
... Father's face . No child of God can with clearness discern his state and character , during such dark and uncom- fortable seasons . His employment ought to be , to lay open and to search out his spiritual complaint . Let him endeavour ...
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... Father's countenance , and assistance to walk thence- forth in newness of heart and practice . And when the cause of his disquietude has been removed , then , but not till then , can he expect to examine impar- tially the evidences of ...
... Father's countenance , and assistance to walk thence- forth in newness of heart and practice . And when the cause of his disquietude has been removed , then , but not till then , can he expect to examine impar- tially the evidences of ...
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Page 55 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 316 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Page 144 - For I know that in me (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing, for to •will is present with me; but how to perform that •which is good I find not.
Page 314 - Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles : that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify Qod in the day of visitation.
Page 22 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
Page 59 - Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Page 336 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 162 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon. they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 333 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Page 57 - 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...