Serious Reflections on Time and EternityWilliam Collins, 1828 - 366 pages |
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... duties , serve altogether to make us easy in this evil world , and to keep off from our imagi- nations all that can give dread or disturbance in the thought of another world . The truth is , that in these circumstances , and with these ...
... duties , serve altogether to make us easy in this evil world , and to keep off from our imagi- nations all that can give dread or disturbance in the thought of another world . The truth is , that in these circumstances , and with these ...
Page xxv
... duties of time , or a sound pre- paration for the glories of eternity , while the humble peasant , whose mind has never been illumined with science , may be illustrious in wisdom of a far higher order , and , by turning the ...
... duties of time , or a sound pre- paration for the glories of eternity , while the humble peasant , whose mind has never been illumined with science , may be illustrious in wisdom of a far higher order , and , by turning the ...
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... duties , as these and the like reflections do oblige to , and en- force upon all who should read them , and therefore much more upon himself . They were penned at several times , and in occa- sional retirements for spiritual exercises ...
... duties , as these and the like reflections do oblige to , and en- force upon all who should read them , and therefore much more upon himself . They were penned at several times , and in occa- sional retirements for spiritual exercises ...
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... duties , and exposing us to new temptations , ) discovers us more to ourselves , and to other men , than was expected , and proves us to be very different from what we appeared to be . Such a change , for instance , as from poverty to ...
... duties , and exposing us to new temptations , ) discovers us more to ourselves , and to other men , than was expected , and proves us to be very different from what we appeared to be . Such a change , for instance , as from poverty to ...
Page 63
... seasonable joys and sorrows , born out of time ; make us remiss in our duty to thee , and weaken our de- pendence on thine own unerring wisdom , truth , and power ! SECTION IX . The supposition of dying this year should 63.
... seasonable joys and sorrows , born out of time ; make us remiss in our duty to thee , and weaken our de- pendence on thine own unerring wisdom , truth , and power ! SECTION IX . The supposition of dying this year should 63.
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Page 336 - Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 359 - And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Page 352 - For which cause we faint not ; but though our outward, man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
Page 346 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour ; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Page 326 - AND it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, " My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Page 247 - Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Page 212 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 360 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands.
Page 358 - 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 346 - For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.