The Whole Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Leighton: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, Volume 1James Duncan, 1825 - Theology |
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... wisdom and mercy . I find him expressing himself , in allusion no doubt to the leading men of this period , with a poignant recollection of the selfish craft by which they were characterized . Seeing them destitute of christian ...
... wisdom and mercy . I find him expressing himself , in allusion no doubt to the leading men of this period , with a poignant recollection of the selfish craft by which they were characterized . Seeing them destitute of christian ...
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... parties , who agreed in nothing but unkind sus- picions of himself : and it was hardly within the compass of human skill and wisdom , in that squally season , to steer so exactly through a narrow and ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON . lxxv.
... parties , who agreed in nothing but unkind sus- picions of himself : and it was hardly within the compass of human skill and wisdom , in that squally season , to steer so exactly through a narrow and ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON . lxxv.
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... wisdom , an unquenchable benevolence , and a valorous self- devotion , before which every thing bent but the inflexible sinews of relentless bigotry . It was the Earl of Kirkardine's advice , that no treaty should be attempted with the ...
... wisdom , an unquenchable benevolence , and a valorous self- devotion , before which every thing bent but the inflexible sinews of relentless bigotry . It was the Earl of Kirkardine's advice , that no treaty should be attempted with the ...
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... wisdom , to produce with the smallest risk of the least consider- able evils the largest sum of public benefit . That this praise belongs to episcopacy has often been shown with great cogency of argument ; and could that form of polity ...
... wisdom , to produce with the smallest risk of the least consider- able evils the largest sum of public benefit . That this praise belongs to episcopacy has often been shown with great cogency of argument ; and could that form of polity ...
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... wisdom shall be , to cease from man , and look for no help till we look more upwards , and dispute and discourse less , and fast and pray more ; and so draw down our relief from the God of order and peace , who made the heavens and the ...
... wisdom shall be , to cease from man , and look for no help till we look more upwards , and dispute and discourse less , and fast and pray more ; and so draw down our relief from the God of order and peace , who made the heavens and the ...
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Page 67 - Christ : whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Page 142 - Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot : who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
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 52 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.
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 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 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 129 - Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot...
Page 23 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.