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... blessing one another in it . " What need we be so precise ? and , if I should not do as others , they would laugh at me , I should pass for a fool . " Well , thou wilt be a fool in the most wretched kind , ra- ther than be accounted one ...
... blessing one another in it . " What need we be so precise ? and , if I should not do as others , they would laugh at me , I should pass for a fool . " Well , thou wilt be a fool in the most wretched kind , ra- ther than be accounted one ...
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... bless thou ; let them frown , but smile thon . And thus God usually doth ; refreshes such as are prisoners for him with visits , that they would buy again with the hardest restraint and debarring of nearest friends . The world cannot ...
... bless thou ; let them frown , but smile thon . And thus God usually doth ; refreshes such as are prisoners for him with visits , that they would buy again with the hardest restraint and debarring of nearest friends . The world cannot ...
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... blessings that they do possess here , are nothing to the hope that is in them , but as an earnest - penny to their great inheritance . So , in- deed , it confirms their hope , and assures it unto them of that full estate , and therefore ...
... blessings that they do possess here , are nothing to the hope that is in them , but as an earnest - penny to their great inheritance . So , in- deed , it confirms their hope , and assures it unto them of that full estate , and therefore ...
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... blessed hope . " 66 " " 66 66 46 But then , 3dly , For the manner of this , it is to be done with meekness and fear . Meekness towards men , and reverent fear towards God , 1. With meekness . Not therefore blustering and flying out into ...
... blessed hope . " 66 " " 66 66 46 But then , 3dly , For the manner of this , it is to be done with meekness and fear . Meekness towards men , and reverent fear towards God , 1. With meekness . Not therefore blustering and flying out into ...
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... blessings in any little trouble that befals us . 2. Seek surer interest in Christ and his suffering than the most either have attained , or are aspiring to , otherwise all that is suffered here will afford thee no ease nor comfort in ...
... blessings in any little trouble that befals us . 2. Seek surer interest in Christ and his suffering than the most either have attained , or are aspiring to , otherwise all that is suffered here will afford thee no ease nor comfort in ...
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Page 392 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Page 365 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Page 378 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Page 371 - Behold, Thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before Thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Surely every man walketh in a vain show : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Page 77 - Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Page 257 - Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, [as] unto a faithful Creator.
Page 404 - Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 399 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, Which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; And thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Page 380 - When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth : surely every man is vanity.
Page 319 - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, 'whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.