Sixty Lectures on the Several Portions of the Psalms: As They are Appointed to be Read in the Morning and Evening Services of the Church of England |
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... peace , and prosperity , feed the vanity of the human heart ; and beguile it from the only objects worthy of its contemplation and its love : the hour when , in the conviction of our humbled souls , we shall so earnestly , so hopefully ...
... peace , and prosperity , feed the vanity of the human heart ; and beguile it from the only objects worthy of its contemplation and its love : the hour when , in the conviction of our humbled souls , we shall so earnestly , so hopefully ...
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... peace . Happy is he , therefore , who taking refuge in the strong - hold of his own conscience , can look out from thence to the throne of Divine Justice ; and there pleading his own cause , can lay open his inmost thoughts and desires ...
... peace . Happy is he , therefore , who taking refuge in the strong - hold of his own conscience , can look out from thence to the throne of Divine Justice ; and there pleading his own cause , can lay open his inmost thoughts and desires ...
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... peace and unity of Christ's Holy Catholic Church ; whom the Apostle describes as gainsayers , who while they profess that they know God , in works deny Him ; being in truth vain talk- ers and deceivers , teaching things which they ought ...
... peace and unity of Christ's Holy Catholic Church ; whom the Apostle describes as gainsayers , who while they profess that they know God , in works deny Him ; being in truth vain talk- ers and deceivers , teaching things which they ought ...
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... peace on earth ; but a sword and his true disciples need not to act the part of cow- ards in their Christian warfare ; for they may ever depend upon the help of the Lord against the mighty ; for He will root these out at the last . A ...
... peace on earth ; but a sword and his true disciples need not to act the part of cow- ards in their Christian warfare ; for they may ever depend upon the help of the Lord against the mighty ; for He will root these out at the last . A ...
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... peace . But this practice is not in accordance with the precepts of Christianity ; nor is it an evidence of a religious faith and trust in the care of our Heavenly Father . The sound advice of the Psalmist elsewhere is , Commit thy way ...
... peace . But this practice is not in accordance with the precepts of Christianity ; nor is it an evidence of a religious faith and trust in the care of our Heavenly Father . The sound advice of the Psalmist elsewhere is , Commit thy way ...
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Page 274 - Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest...
Page 94 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 393 - ... 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 471 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Page 270 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying ; Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God...
Page 131 - O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me : and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling.
Page 394 - Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Page 351 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!
Page 50 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not THEE, marks not the mighty hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres; Works in the secret deep; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...
Page 396 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.