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Page 31
... lost image of that God , whose name and whose nature is love . Here , then , is the main , the tender point , on which God's jea- lousy appears . My son , give me thine heart , ” is the language of the Father of our spirits . And if we ...
... lost image of that God , whose name and whose nature is love . Here , then , is the main , the tender point , on which God's jea- lousy appears . My son , give me thine heart , ” is the language of the Father of our spirits . And if we ...
Page 40
... lost their relish - pleasures which I pursue , only be- cause I have cultivated no higher tendencies , no purer tastes ; or because I am afraid to show the world , that I consider her ways as vanity , her paths as misery , and her gods ...
... lost their relish - pleasures which I pursue , only be- cause I have cultivated no higher tendencies , no purer tastes ; or because I am afraid to show the world , that I consider her ways as vanity , her paths as misery , and her gods ...
Page 41
... even on the false and horrid supposition , that every child of man , hitherto born , would be finally lost ; their numbers would be , to the countless myriads of God's creation , but as a handful , to the SERMON III . 41.
... even on the false and horrid supposition , that every child of man , hitherto born , would be finally lost ; their numbers would be , to the countless myriads of God's creation , but as a handful , to the SERMON III . 41.
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... lost , would sink into nothing , in comparison of God's happy children , and faithful subjects , in his universe at large ? But , independently of this , prophecy informs us , that the days will come , even in this world , when the ...
... lost , would sink into nothing , in comparison of God's happy children , and faithful subjects , in his universe at large ? But , independently of this , prophecy informs us , that the days will come , even in this world , when the ...
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... lost their way , and grope in darkness which they have preferred to light : let us rise above them , to the element for which our souls were formed ; to the communion of saints ; to the fel- lowship of angels ; and to the friendship of ...
... lost their way , and grope in darkness which they have preferred to light : let us rise above them , to the element for which our souls were formed ; to the communion of saints ; to the fel- lowship of angels ; and to the friendship of ...
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affections affliction Almighty amidst amongst angels apostacy Apostle behold believe blessed blessedness blood BOOK OF RUTH bosom brethren celestial character child children of God Christ Christian conscience creature cross darkness death divine duty earth earthly eternity everlasting eyes faith Father feel flesh friends give glory God's Gospel hand happiness hath hear heart holy holy table human idols immortal instance jealous God Jerusalem Jesus kingdom of heaven Lamb Lamb of God light living Lord man's means mercy mind misery Moab myste nature ness object Orpah ourselves painful parents pass peace peculiar Pharisees pleasure prayer present principle religion righteousness Sacrament salvation Satan Saviour scenes Scripture SERMON sinners sins Son of God sorrow soul speak spirit stand sure tender thee things Thou shalt thought throne tion true truth unto voice whole words
Popular passages
Page 67 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see ; and that they which see might be made blind.
Page 213 - WE do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table.
Page 405 - Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Page 390 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 299 - And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying ; Amen ; Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 401 - Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Page 207 - We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy : grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us.
Page 63 - Brother, fear not; greater is he that is in us, than he that is in the world.
Page 43 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 11 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.