Select Practical Writings of Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, Volume 2Durrie & Peck, 1844 |
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... heavenly Jerusalem , ........ ... 115 5. And all God's word , for matter and method , .. ... 117 6. God's present works of providence , .. ... 117 7. The nature and worth of mercies , ... ... 118 ... 118 .... 120 8. And myself body and ...
... heavenly Jerusalem , ........ ... 115 5. And all God's word , for matter and method , .. ... 117 6. God's present works of providence , .. ... 117 7. The nature and worth of mercies , ... ... 118 ... 118 .... 120 8. And myself body and ...
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... heavenly mind and life . As to the sense , the meaning is not that any thing on earth is better than heaven , or simply , and in itself , to be preferred before it . The end is better than the means as such , and perfection bet- ter ...
... heavenly mind and life . As to the sense , the meaning is not that any thing on earth is better than heaven , or simply , and in itself , to be preferred before it . The end is better than the means as such , and perfection bet- ter ...
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... heavenly na- ture and life which I have said so much for to the world . Use 5. Stir up , then , O my soul , thy sincere desires , and all thy faculties , to do the remnant of the work of Christ appointed thee on earth , and then ...
... heavenly na- ture and life which I have said so much for to the world . Use 5. Stir up , then , O my soul , thy sincere desires , and all thy faculties , to do the remnant of the work of Christ appointed thee on earth , and then ...
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... heavenly and holy . For the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light . Heavenliness is the Spirit's special work . 3. And in working this , it conquereth the inward undisposedness and averseness of ...
... heavenly and holy . For the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light . Heavenliness is the Spirit's special work . 3. And in working this , it conquereth the inward undisposedness and averseness of ...
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... heavenly nature and design be the less discerned and honored in the world , because their chiefest difference is out of the sight of man , in the heart , and in their secret actions , and because their imperfections blemish them , and ...
... heavenly nature and design be the less discerned and honored in the world , because their chiefest difference is out of the sight of man , in the heart , and in their secret actions , and because their imperfections blemish them , and ...
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Page 21 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write ; From henceforth blessed 'are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 444 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season : esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt ; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 269 - For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Page 289 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 476 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 593 - ... tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile ; but glory, honour, and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: for there is no respect of persons with God.
Page 424 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Page 567 - He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Page 434 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 77 - 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.