Memoirs of mrs. Hawkes, including remarks and extr. from sermons and letters of R. Cecil [ed.] by C. Cecil1838 |
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... seem surprising that , with so many religious advantages , the younger days of MISS SARAH EDEN , afterwards MRS . HAWKES , should have been marked by the love of gaiety and amusement . But it must ever be remembered , that true piety is ...
... seem surprising that , with so many religious advantages , the younger days of MISS SARAH EDEN , afterwards MRS . HAWKES , should have been marked by the love of gaiety and amusement . But it must ever be remembered , that true piety is ...
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... setting out in good earnest towards the kingdom . Others seem roused a little , but soon fall down again in faster slumber than before ; and some seemed determined to sleep at any rate . Happy indeed shall I be 8 MEMOIRS OF MRS . HAWKES .
... setting out in good earnest towards the kingdom . Others seem roused a little , but soon fall down again in faster slumber than before ; and some seemed determined to sleep at any rate . Happy indeed shall I be 8 MEMOIRS OF MRS . HAWKES .
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... in her diary , a visit to a clergyman in the country , who had " run well , " but who from her reflections seems to have been a back- slider . Her remarks show that her own conscience was CHAP . II . - FROM A. D. 1785 to 1790 . 19.
... in her diary , a visit to a clergyman in the country , who had " run well , " but who from her reflections seems to have been a back- slider . Her remarks show that her own conscience was CHAP . II . - FROM A. D. 1785 to 1790 . 19.
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... seem at this time to be learning deeper lessons of my own utter depravity ; and to feel that sin is in every breath I draw , -in every pulse that beats . I frequently cannot open my lips ; but am only able to prostrate my spirit before ...
... seem at this time to be learning deeper lessons of my own utter depravity ; and to feel that sin is in every breath I draw , -in every pulse that beats . I frequently cannot open my lips ; but am only able to prostrate my spirit before ...
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... seems to me , I should have been overset . But I know in whom I have believed ' - and I doubt not , though the combat is sharp and long , and I can only just keep my head above water , by seeing sometimes one promise , and sometimes ...
... seems to me , I should have been overset . But I know in whom I have believed ' - and I doubt not , though the combat is sharp and long , and I can only just keep my head above water , by seeing sometimes one promise , and sometimes ...
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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.