Select Remains of the Rev. John Mason, A.M. of London: Containing a Variety of Devout and Useful Sayings, on Divers Subjects, Dijested Under Proper Heads |
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... truth , till we are conformed to the truth . A conceit of knowledge is the greatest enemy to knowledge , and the greatest argument of ig- norance . We remember many things we fhould forget ( as injuries , difappointments , & c . ) but ...
... truth , till we are conformed to the truth . A conceit of knowledge is the greatest enemy to knowledge , and the greatest argument of ig- norance . We remember many things we fhould forget ( as injuries , difappointments , & c . ) but ...
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... truth freely ; riches are duft , honors are fhadows , pleafures are bubbles , and man a lump of vanity , compounded of fin and mifery . OF THE WORD OF GOD . The word of God muft be nearer to us than our friends , dearer to us than our ...
... truth freely ; riches are duft , honors are fhadows , pleafures are bubbles , and man a lump of vanity , compounded of fin and mifery . OF THE WORD OF GOD . The word of God muft be nearer to us than our friends , dearer to us than our ...
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... truth of your converfion . So that a timely converfion to God in youth , as it is moft eafy , fo it is leaft queftionable ; for it now ap- pears that God is loved for himself , and ' Chrift is preferred above the flesh , and grace above ...
... truth of your converfion . So that a timely converfion to God in youth , as it is moft eafy , fo it is leaft queftionable ; for it now ap- pears that God is loved for himself , and ' Chrift is preferred above the flesh , and grace above ...
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... the food , the phy- fic , and the arms of the chriftian's foul . Thefe are the word of reconciliation , grace and truth , and the power of God to falvation : Therefore , every day look into thefe , praying for the fpirit's 57.
... the food , the phy- fic , and the arms of the chriftian's foul . Thefe are the word of reconciliation , grace and truth , and the power of God to falvation : Therefore , every day look into thefe , praying for the fpirit's 57.
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... truth and gofpel of grace . 2 , Study the nature of God . 3 , Sit loose to the world . 4 , Confider the fhortness of life , and the lim itation of the day of grace . 5 , Be much in the bufinefs of felf - examination Pfal . iv , 4. Stand ...
... truth and gofpel of grace . 2 , Study the nature of God . 3 , Sit loose to the world . 4 , Confider the fhortness of life , and the lim itation of the day of grace . 5 , Be much in the bufinefs of felf - examination Pfal . iv , 4. Stand ...
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Page 4 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 64 - God ; and I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them : and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good ; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Page 4 - When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire : for it is a people of no understanding : therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Page 24 - Repentance begins in the humiliation of the heart, and ends in the reformation of the life. Though we want power to. repent; yet we do not want means to repent, nor power to use these means.
Page 67 - Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God:
Page 83 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Page 48 - God is all-sufficient ; get him for your portion and you have all ; then you have infinite wisdom to direct you, infinite knowledge to teach you, infinite mercy to pity and save you, infinite love to care for and comfort you, and infinite power to protect and keep you. If God be yours, all his attributes are yours; all his creatures, all his works of Providence, shall do you good, as you have need of them. He is an eternal, full, satisfactory portion. He is an ever-living, ever-loving, ever-present...
Page 5 - I have put in thy mouth, fhall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy feed, nor out of the mouth of thy feed's feed, faith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 42 - Heaven is a day without a cloud to darken it, and without a night to end it.