Devotional Guides, Volume 2D. Appleton, 1837 |
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... hands , and some of his own designs into our hearts , if he felt sure of us as his prey . But , he does not : he is afraid of losing us ; and , therefore , he harasses us , that we may not suspect him of being thus afraid lest we escape ...
... hands , and some of his own designs into our hearts , if he felt sure of us as his prey . But , he does not : he is afraid of losing us ; and , therefore , he harasses us , that we may not suspect him of being thus afraid lest we escape ...
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... hand of the chief enemy of God and man , it is but too likely that we , ourselves , may stamp something of our own image upon some part of the Divine character ; and thus come to think that God is not altogether unlike us in some things ...
... hand of the chief enemy of God and man , it is but too likely that we , ourselves , may stamp something of our own image upon some part of the Divine character ; and thus come to think that God is not altogether unlike us in some things ...
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... hand , let us take equal care not to suspect Him of being at all indifferent , or distant , or changeable , towards those who sincerely wish to please Him by faith and practice . We must , indeed , judge of God , in some measure , from ...
... hand , let us take equal care not to suspect Him of being at all indifferent , or distant , or changeable , towards those who sincerely wish to please Him by faith and practice . We must , indeed , judge of God , in some measure , from ...
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... hands of Christ . God is incapable of any thing like this . His gospel is " not yea and nay , " whatever may be the preach- ing of man . " God cannot lie , " and , therefore , humble prayer cannot fail of success . Why , then , should ...
... hands of Christ . God is incapable of any thing like this . His gospel is " not yea and nay , " whatever may be the preach- ing of man . " God cannot lie , " and , therefore , humble prayer cannot fail of success . Why , then , should ...
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... hands , and even to harden the heart : for when the understanding is so far perverted , or the conscience so terrified , that a man can suspect that he may be lost , however earnestly he try to be saved , what can prevent his heart from ...
... hands , and even to harden the heart : for when the understanding is so far perverted , or the conscience so terrified , that a man can suspect that he may be lost , however earnestly he try to be saved , what can prevent his heart from ...
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Page 271 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.
Page 286 - Verily I say unto you, that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 41 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 196 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Page 267 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 69 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 50 - But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Page 69 - Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily : and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
Page 40 - But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Page 65 - This is eternal life, to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent.