Sermons,T. Cadell, and W. Davies ... and W. Creech, Edinburgh., 1808 |
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... Providence , which disposes of human affairs , not with reverence only , but with trust and hope . The time of prosperity was to him not merely a season of barren joy , but pro- ductive of much useful improvement . He had cultivated his ...
... Providence , which disposes of human affairs , not with reverence only , but with trust and hope . The time of prosperity was to him not merely a season of barren joy , but pro- ductive of much useful improvement . He had cultivated his ...
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... Providence , and supported by conscious integrity , his character rises , and his misery lessens in our view . We esteem and admire , rather than pity . him . Re collect what holy men have endured for the sake of conscience , and with ...
... Providence , and supported by conscious integrity , his character rises , and his misery lessens in our view . We esteem and admire , rather than pity . him . Re collect what holy men have endured for the sake of conscience , and with ...
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... providence is still the same ; and his love to the righteous remains unaltered . If it shall be the Divine will to remove one comfort , he trusts that some other shall be given . Whatever is given , whatever is taken away , he confides ...
... providence is still the same ; and his love to the righteous remains unaltered . If it shall be the Divine will to remove one comfort , he trusts that some other shall be given . Whatever is given , whatever is taken away , he confides ...
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... providence you are as dependent , and to the obedience of his laws as much bound , as the meanest of your fellow - creatures . Disgrace not your station , by that grossness of sensuality , that levity of dissipation , or that insolence ...
... providence you are as dependent , and to the obedience of his laws as much bound , as the meanest of your fellow - creatures . Disgrace not your station , by that grossness of sensuality , that levity of dissipation , or that insolence ...
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... Providence or to object to the evidence of a future state , because that evidence is not of a more sensible and striking nature . Let us attempt humbly to trace the reasons , why , though permitted to know and to see somewhat of the ...
... Providence or to object to the evidence of a future state , because that evidence is not of a more sensible and striking nature . Let us attempt humbly to trace the reasons , why , though permitted to know and to see somewhat of the ...
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Page 129 - These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee...
Page 347 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 2 - And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord ? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Page 387 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 249 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 95 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 73 - Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. "What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 67 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 410 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 311 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.