Memoirs of mrs. Hawkes, including remarks and extr. from sermons and letters of R. Cecil [ed.] by C. Cecil1838 |
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... continually watered by her prayers and tears , as well as illustrated by her example . Though there are sad instances to the contrary , yet it has been often seen that eminently pious parents have been blessed with eminently pious ...
... continually watered by her prayers and tears , as well as illustrated by her example . Though there are sad instances to the contrary , yet it has been often seen that eminently pious parents have been blessed with eminently pious ...
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... continually doing so . How much more is my judgment enlightened , than my will subdued . I wonder if I shall always have to lament this ? Thanks for the promise , ' Sin shall not have dominion over you . ' 999 Wednesday , Feb. 16 , 1792 ...
... continually doing so . How much more is my judgment enlightened , than my will subdued . I wonder if I shall always have to lament this ? Thanks for the promise , ' Sin shall not have dominion over you . ' 999 Wednesday , Feb. 16 , 1792 ...
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... continual cry , Lord , why do I love thee so little ? Make me to love thee supremely . May the seed which has been sown this day , be watered by the showers of divine grace ; and may I be enabled to praise God for the light of his ...
... continual cry , Lord , why do I love thee so little ? Make me to love thee supremely . May the seed which has been sown this day , be watered by the showers of divine grace ; and may I be enabled to praise God for the light of his ...
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... continually receiving these precious dews . With deep humiliation and thankfulness I would acknowledge , that God has graciously granted me some reviving of late ; yet even this grace shews me how poor I am . The sun , when it shines ...
... continually receiving these precious dews . With deep humiliation and thankfulness I would acknowledge , that God has graciously granted me some reviving of late ; yet even this grace shews me how poor I am . The sun , when it shines ...
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... continual dread . Let me take heed that I do not rest in any duties performed ; but rather see them as splendid sins if they do not bring Christ to my soul . Let me value no teaching unless it be accompanied by the teaching of the Holy ...
... continual dread . Let me take heed that I do not rest in any duties performed ; but rather see them as splendid sins if they do not bring Christ to my soul . Let me value no teaching unless it be accompanied by the teaching of the Holy ...
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Page 23 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 519 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said. Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Page 56 - For in the time of trouble he shall • hide me in his pavilion : in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me ; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Page 310 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
Page 145 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Page 171 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 540 - And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
Page 176 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 225 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 651 - The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.