The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 2 |
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... blessed in- ward calmness and consolation arising from the purging of the con- science from guilt before the Lord , in which description , observe these two things . 1. The subject of this peace . It is a purged conscience , Heb . ix ...
... blessed in- ward calmness and consolation arising from the purging of the con- science from guilt before the Lord , in which description , observe these two things . 1. The subject of this peace . It is a purged conscience , Heb . ix ...
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... blessed calm . This also is obtained in the way of believing , in the reflex act of faith . IV . I shall shew how this peace is maintained . The apostle tells us it was his exercise to maintain it , Acts xxiv . 16. And if we be not ...
... blessed calm . This also is obtained in the way of believing , in the reflex act of faith . IV . I shall shew how this peace is maintained . The apostle tells us it was his exercise to maintain it , Acts xxiv . 16. And if we be not ...
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... blessed with spi- ritual blessings in Christ Jesus , and no others can have true spi- ritual joy , Phil . iii . 3. Any may have a sensitive joy , viz . in things grateful to their senses , Acts xiv . 17. Profane men may have a sinful ...
... blessed with spi- ritual blessings in Christ Jesus , and no others can have true spi- ritual joy , Phil . iii . 3. Any may have a sensitive joy , viz . in things grateful to their senses , Acts xiv . 17. Profane men may have a sinful ...
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... in tears , shall reap in joy . ' Matth . v . 4. Blessed are they that mourn ; for they shall be com- forted . ' But delusive joy springs up more quickly , while yet the heart is not rent for sin , at least not c 3 OF SPIRITUAL JOY . 25.
... in tears , shall reap in joy . ' Matth . v . 4. Blessed are they that mourn ; for they shall be com- forted . ' But delusive joy springs up more quickly , while yet the heart is not rent for sin , at least not c 3 OF SPIRITUAL JOY . 25.
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... blessed to them for this end , Isa . lxvi . 11 , 12. crosses , John xv . 2. Every branch that beareth fruit , he purgeth it , that it may bring forth more fruit . ' And often have the people of God grown most under the weight of ...
... blessed to them for this end , Isa . lxvi . 11 , 12. crosses , John xv . 2. Every branch that beareth fruit , he purgeth it , that it may bring forth more fruit . ' And often have the people of God grown most under the weight of ...
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Popular passages
Page 387 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 420 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 425 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 359 - The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy ; He will rest in His love, He -will joy over thee with singing.
Page 397 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 602 - Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Page 29 - But unto you that fear my name Shall the Sun of righteousness arise With healing in his wings ; And ye shall go forth, And grow up as calves of the stall.
Page 641 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 44 - I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy destruction : repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 189 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.