The Whole Works of Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volume 1James Duncan, 1825 - Theology |
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Page xxv
... offered to preach in the col- lege hall to the scholars , once on the sabbath of every third or fourth week , taking turns with the professors ; an offer which appears to have been accepted ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON . XXV.
... offered to preach in the col- lege hall to the scholars , once on the sabbath of every third or fourth week , taking turns with the professors ; an offer which appears to have been accepted ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON . XXV.
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... offer which appears to have been accepted by the Town Council . Bound up with the book entitled , Naphtali , is a letter from James Mitchell , the stern fanatic , who suffered for his attempt on the life of Archbishop Sharp . In this ...
... offer which appears to have been accepted by the Town Council . Bound up with the book entitled , Naphtali , is a letter from James Mitchell , the stern fanatic , who suffered for his attempt on the life of Archbishop Sharp . In this ...
Page lvi
... offers a living to one of his clergy , affords a beauti- ful specimen of christian politeness , at the same time that it lets us into the Bishop's sense of the temper and affection , with which a charge of souls should be undertaken ...
... offers a living to one of his clergy , affords a beauti- ful specimen of christian politeness , at the same time that it lets us into the Bishop's sense of the temper and affection , with which a charge of souls should be undertaken ...
Page lix
... offered more scope for pithy practical remark , and were better calculated to lay hold on the attention of the audi- tory . Though friendly to a grave and masculine eloquence , of which he was himself no common master , yet his chief ...
... offered more scope for pithy practical remark , and were better calculated to lay hold on the attention of the audi- tory . Though friendly to a grave and masculine eloquence , of which he was himself no common master , yet his chief ...
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... offers on his part should be re- tracted or frittered away ; and that , on being ac- cepted , they should forthwith pass into laws . But in this embassy of love he was met with chilling unkindness . Not a grain of concession could be ...
... offers on his part should be re- tracted or frittered away ; and that , on being ac- cepted , they should forthwith pass into laws . But in this embassy of love he was met with chilling unkindness . Not a grain of concession could be ...
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Page 97 - For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 155 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Page 102 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 161 - Man that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one.
Page 80 - Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Page 40 - ... 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 315 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 41 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 86 - Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into.
Page 51 - He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired in all them that believe in that day.