A Collection of the Promises of Scripture, Under Their Proper Heads: In Two Parts. Representing I. The Blessings Promised. II. The Duties to which Promises are Made. With an Appendix, Relating to the Future State of the Church. And an Introduction, Containing Observations Upon the Excellancy and Use of the Promises, and Directions for the Right Application of Them |
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Those who have little leisure for reading , may find their account in keeping this
book always near them ; and with the glance of an eye , they may take in the
riches of grace and glory , and derive many a sweet refreshment from hence ,
amidst ...
Those who have little leisure for reading , may find their account in keeping this
book always near them ; and with the glance of an eye , they may take in the
riches of grace and glory , and derive many a sweet refreshment from hence ,
amidst ...
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... remarkable the fublimity , excellency and reasonableness of the doctrines it
teaches ; the wisdom , holiness , and perfection of the rules of life it lays down ;
and the strength and efficacy of those fanctions , with which it enforces its
precepts .
... remarkable the fublimity , excellency and reasonableness of the doctrines it
teaches ; the wisdom , holiness , and perfection of the rules of life it lays down ;
and the strength and efficacy of those fanctions , with which it enforces its
precepts .
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And since we are exposed to various troubles and calamities , there are many
Promises made with relation to them ; either that we shall be preserved from
those afflictions , or , if it be necessary we should be exercised with them , that we
Thall ...
And since we are exposed to various troubles and calamities , there are many
Promises made with relation to them ; either that we shall be preserved from
those afflictions , or , if it be necessary we should be exercised with them , that we
Thall ...
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With how much fatisfaction may he offer up the several desires of his heart , when
he reflects upon the texts wherein those very mercies are promised ? And with
what fervour of fpirit , and strength of faith , may he enforce his prayers , by ...
With how much fatisfaction may he offer up the several desires of his heart , when
he reflects upon the texts wherein those very mercies are promised ? And with
what fervour of fpirit , and strength of faith , may he enforce his prayers , by ...
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Since I completed it , I have examined some other Collections I have met with ,
and have added out of them those few texts , which I had not before observed ; so
that , I believe , this is the fullest collection of the kind of any extant , at least that I
...
Since I completed it , I have examined some other Collections I have met with ,
and have added out of them those few texts , which I had not before observed ; so
that , I believe , this is the fullest collection of the kind of any extant , at least that I
...
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Page 82 - That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Page 221 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 172 - For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 101 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.
Page 60 - Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD; it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God: let not man prevail against thee.
Page 76 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father ; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Page 199 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Page 120 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort : who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Page 200 - Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out : and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God : and I will write upon him my new name.
Page 180 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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| Title | A Collection of the Promises of Scripture, Under Their Proper Heads: In Two Parts. Representing I. The Blessings Promised. II. The Duties to which Promises are Made. With an Appendix, Relating to the Future State of the Church. And an Introduction, Containing Observations Upon the Excellancy and ... |
| Author | Samuel Clark |
| Compiled by | Samuel Clark |
| Contributor | Isaac Watts |
| Publisher | Hall & Hiller, 1803 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 231 pages |
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