Letters to a friend, intended to relieve the difficulties of an anxious inquirer ... on the subjects of conversion and salvationHoldsworth and Ball, 1829 |
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... sufferer , cases which supply many instructive resemblances to his own . Were we even at a loss to account , in all respects , for the existence of a particular expe- rience , we may do much for the inquirer by only describing it . We ...
... sufferer , cases which supply many instructive resemblances to his own . Were we even at a loss to account , in all respects , for the existence of a particular expe- rience , we may do much for the inquirer by only describing it . We ...
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... - hour broke the fetter of restraint - and for the first time , the sufferer could ask , " What shall I do to be saved ? " Or , where the mind dared not brood over its disquietudes , and was equally unwilling to divulge them , 6 LETTER I.
... - hour broke the fetter of restraint - and for the first time , the sufferer could ask , " What shall I do to be saved ? " Or , where the mind dared not brood over its disquietudes , and was equally unwilling to divulge them , 6 LETTER I.
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... sufferer knew more of Eternity than you or I. Now , it is not necessary that exactly such an example should be adduced , in support of our position . It is still true , whatever be the nature of the feelings under conviction , that to ...
... sufferer knew more of Eternity than you or I. Now , it is not necessary that exactly such an example should be adduced , in support of our position . It is still true , whatever be the nature of the feelings under conviction , that to ...
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... sufferer by those around him , is usually misapplied . This sympathy , which wears SO amiable an aspect , may not infrequently be in behalf of a struggle , the principle of which is discreditable to its subject ; and in behalf of ...
... sufferer by those around him , is usually misapplied . This sympathy , which wears SO amiable an aspect , may not infrequently be in behalf of a struggle , the principle of which is discreditable to its subject ; and in behalf of ...
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... virtuous or sinful . Still , this desire is neither morally good nor morally evil ; and therefore , neither pleasing nor displeasing , as such , in the sight of God , That God pities sinners as mere sufferers , will not 80 LETTER IV .
... virtuous or sinful . Still , this desire is neither morally good nor morally evil ; and therefore , neither pleasing nor displeasing , as such , in the sight of God , That God pities sinners as mere sufferers , will not 80 LETTER IV .
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Page 252 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 226 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Page 177 - And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins ; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience, among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind,; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Page 176 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 176 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all : yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness. is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Page 179 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 132 - Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for my name is in him.
Page 179 - Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness : by Whose stripes ye were healed.
Page 181 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed: and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye (Ezek., 18: 27-32).
Page 242 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?