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... human sagacity or knowledge can draw the veil . The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night . When the world are en- tranced in their own pleasures , and engaged in their own pursuits ; when a fatal stupor has fallen upon them ...
... human sagacity or knowledge can draw the veil . The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night . When the world are en- tranced in their own pleasures , and engaged in their own pursuits ; when a fatal stupor has fallen upon them ...
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... human race had imposed no severe restraint on the workmanship of His hands , He had enacted no rigorous law for him to obey . He was at perfect freedom to act according to his inclination in every thing . His own will was the law - his ...
... human race had imposed no severe restraint on the workmanship of His hands , He had enacted no rigorous law for him to obey . He was at perfect freedom to act according to his inclination in every thing . His own will was the law - his ...
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... humanity , but to soothe the sufferings of the day with the voice of affection , and to tranquillize the terrors of the departing spirit . : But the tale of sorrow assumes a hue still darker the saddest part of the tragedy remains to be ...
... humanity , but to soothe the sufferings of the day with the voice of affection , and to tranquillize the terrors of the departing spirit . : But the tale of sorrow assumes a hue still darker the saddest part of the tragedy remains to be ...
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... human race . It stormed the goodly citadel of the human body , laid waste its beauty and its strength , and the windows of that fabric have remained broken ever since . It flung its deadly poison into every region of the human heart ...
... human race . It stormed the goodly citadel of the human body , laid waste its beauty and its strength , and the windows of that fabric have remained broken ever since . It flung its deadly poison into every region of the human heart ...
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... human race ? Such an expectation might be reasonably pre- sumed from the known benevolence of the Divine administration . For , whither shall the offender flee , but to the Fountain of mercy ? Whither shall the prodigal betake himself ...
... human race ? Such an expectation might be reasonably pre- sumed from the known benevolence of the Divine administration . For , whither shall the offender flee , but to the Fountain of mercy ? Whither shall the prodigal betake himself ...
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Popular passages
Page 159 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 253 - Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool,) I am more : in labours more abundant ; in stripes above measure ; in prisons more frequent ; in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one ; thrice was I beaten with rods ; once was I stoned...
Page 217 - As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Page 253 - Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often,...
Page 280 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 171 - IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Page 59 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 98 - My grace is sufficient for thee : for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake : for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 151 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page v - Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed...