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... never be commensurate with the vastness of the privation , it cannot be a superficial and evanescent feeling . The departure of a soul from God is so great an evil in itself , and implies so much positive misery as the involved ...
... never be commensurate with the vastness of the privation , it cannot be a superficial and evanescent feeling . The departure of a soul from God is so great an evil in itself , and implies so much positive misery as the involved ...
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... never confine it to a mere change of opin- ion , or resolve it wholly into a conviction of the judg- In every view in which it is presented to us , it is assumed to affect the heart , and that deeply . It is " poverty of spirit ; " it ...
... never confine it to a mere change of opin- ion , or resolve it wholly into a conviction of the judg- In every view in which it is presented to us , it is assumed to affect the heart , and that deeply . It is " poverty of spirit ; " it ...
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... never departs from a strict rule of righteousness , and thus lays a solid foundation for our hope . It is this which " declares the righteous- ness of God for the remission of sins that are past , that he might be just , and the ...
... never departs from a strict rule of righteousness , and thus lays a solid foundation for our hope . It is this which " declares the righteous- ness of God for the remission of sins that are past , that he might be just , and the ...
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... never wanted witnesses , even in the worst ages , to confirm the truth of a conscious indwelling of God as the fountain of life in man , by their own experience . There is however no small danger , lest , whilst we admit the important ...
... never wanted witnesses , even in the worst ages , to confirm the truth of a conscious indwelling of God as the fountain of life in man , by their own experience . There is however no small danger , lest , whilst we admit the important ...
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... never exhausted : perfect satisfaction , and insa- tiate aspirings after richer supplies and nearer inter- course , strangely then unite in a heart which is at once at rest and restless ; ever fixed as on a moveless rock , and yet ...
... never exhausted : perfect satisfaction , and insa- tiate aspirings after richer supplies and nearer inter- course , strangely then unite in a heart which is at once at rest and restless ; ever fixed as on a moveless rock , and yet ...
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Page 171 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 246 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Page 251 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Page 337 - And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Page 305 - I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom ; preach the Word ; be instant in season and out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Page 214 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; And thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 261 - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Page 127 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that It is for his life.
Page 211 - Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands : and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; 7 All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Page 266 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day, and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes ; and be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.