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... present within us , and perfectly acquainted with all that is paffing in the inmost chamber of the heart . We neglect him , and therefore he feems to neglect us — I say , he seems to neg- lect us ; for that very feeming neglect is ...
... present within us , and perfectly acquainted with all that is paffing in the inmost chamber of the heart . We neglect him , and therefore he feems to neglect us — I say , he seems to neg- lect us ; for that very feeming neglect is ...
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... present life . A very good man may be rendered much bet- ter by trials and afflictions . Proportionable to his fufferings will be his reward ; and if you could propofe the queftion to those faints in heaven , who once wandered ...
... present life . A very good man may be rendered much bet- ter by trials and afflictions . Proportionable to his fufferings will be his reward ; and if you could propofe the queftion to those faints in heaven , who once wandered ...
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... present ; but that , having , through his grace , tranfacted the bufinefs , and overcome the difficulties of the day , we should at night disburthen our minds of folicitude , and reft our weary heads upon our pillows in peace ; fince ...
... present ; but that , having , through his grace , tranfacted the bufinefs , and overcome the difficulties of the day , we should at night disburthen our minds of folicitude , and reft our weary heads upon our pillows in peace ; fince ...
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... present is what we are apt to neglect . That , well employed , will render the remembrance of the past pleasant , and the prospect of the future comfortable . Attention to the duties of the day is like the manna , when it defcended ...
... present is what we are apt to neglect . That , well employed , will render the remembrance of the past pleasant , and the prospect of the future comfortable . Attention to the duties of the day is like the manna , when it defcended ...
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... present state of things among us , many are the parents , who can neither teach their children , nor afford to pay for their being taught . How melan- choly , and in the end how fatal to fociety must be the confequences , unless the ...
... present state of things among us , many are the parents , who can neither teach their children , nor afford to pay for their being taught . How melan- choly , and in the end how fatal to fociety must be the confequences , unless the ...
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Page 204 - And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible.
Page 385 - Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word: for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel.
Page 313 - And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself...
Page 372 - Christ being come, an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building ; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Page 169 - And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Page 89 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 155 - And one of the elders answered, saying unto me ; What are these which are arrayed in white robes ? and whence came they? And I said unto him ; Sir thou knowest. And he said to me ; These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Page 113 - Prayer for the Queen's Majesty. OLord' our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth...
Page iii - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 331 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me ; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people ? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.