The Whole Works: Of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel, ... In Eight Volumes. To which is Added, an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters Contained in the Whole, Volume 7A. Weir and A. M'Lean. And sold at the shop of A. Weir, 1770 |
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... duty , in days of fuffering ; wherein alfo is opened the nature and means of its improvement , 368 CHA P. XIII . Wherein is fhewed the neceffity of going out of ourselves , even when our habitual and actual preparations are at the ...
... duty , in days of fuffering ; wherein alfo is opened the nature and means of its improvement , 368 CHA P. XIII . Wherein is fhewed the neceffity of going out of ourselves , even when our habitual and actual preparations are at the ...
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... duty . 2. The manner of performing it . 1. The matter of the duty , keep thy heart . Heart is not here taken properly for that noble part of the body which phi- lofophers call the primum vivens , et ultimum moriens ; the firft that ...
... duty . 2. The manner of performing it . 1. The matter of the duty , keep thy heart . Heart is not here taken properly for that noble part of the body which phi- lofophers call the primum vivens , et ultimum moriens ; the firft that ...
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... duty is ours , though the power be God's . A natural man hath no power , a gracious mani hath some , though not sufficient ; and that power he hath , depends upon the exciting and affifting ftrength of Chrift ; Gratia gratiam poftulat ...
... duty is ours , though the power be God's . A natural man hath no power , a gracious mani hath some , though not sufficient ; and that power he hath , depends upon the exciting and affifting ftrength of Chrift ; Gratia gratiam poftulat ...
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... duty is that which is contained in the following proposition ? - Doct . That the keeping , and right managing of the heart in every condition , is the great business of a Chriftian's life . What the philofopher faith of waters , is as ...
... duty is that which is contained in the following proposition ? - Doct . That the keeping , and right managing of the heart in every condition , is the great business of a Chriftian's life . What the philofopher faith of waters , is as ...
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... duty , yet how dull , dead , and difordered when they come to another ? And there fore every duty needs a particular preparation of the heart , Job xi . 13. " If thou prepare thine heart , and ftretch out thine hands towards him ...
... duty , yet how dull , dead , and difordered when they come to another ? And there fore every duty needs a particular preparation of the heart , Job xi . 13. " If thou prepare thine heart , and ftretch out thine hands towards him ...
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Page 482 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Page 498 - And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord : and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Page 499 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts ; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
Page 493 - 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 10 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 479 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 176 - He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His Word, in him verily is the love of God perfected : hereby know we that we are in Him.
Page 497 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Page 482 - For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 480 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water : and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him : And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.