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... gospel doth not speak these things to wound believers , but to awaken sinners and formal professors . As there are none more averse than weak C believers , to apply the promises and comforts of the The Almost Christian . 25.
... gospel doth not speak these things to wound believers , but to awaken sinners and formal professors . As there are none more averse than weak C believers , to apply the promises and comforts of the The Almost Christian . 25.
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Matthew Mead. believers , to apply the promises and comforts of the gospel to themselves , for whom they are properly designed ; so there are none more ready than they to apply the threats and sever- est things of the word to themselves ...
Matthew Mead. believers , to apply the promises and comforts of the gospel to themselves , for whom they are properly designed ; so there are none more ready than they to apply the threats and sever- est things of the word to themselves ...
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... comfort . My design in preaching on this subject , is not to make sad the souls of those whom Christ will not have made sad ; I would bring wa- ter not to " quench the flax that is smoaking " † but to put out that false fire that is of ...
... comfort . My design in preaching on this subject , is not to make sad the souls of those whom Christ will not have made sad ; I would bring wa- ter not to " quench the flax that is smoaking " † but to put out that false fire that is of ...
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... comfort : as in heaven there is peace without trouble , joy without mourning , so in hell there is trouble without peace , mourning without joy , weeping and wailing incessantly but it is for the evil they feel by sin , and not for the ...
... comfort : as in heaven there is peace without trouble , joy without mourning , so in hell there is trouble without peace , mourning without joy , weeping and wailing incessantly but it is for the evil they feel by sin , and not for the ...
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... comfort , for grace brings both . First , " Religion is a gainful thing " and this is a compelling motive , that becomes ef- fectual upon all . Gain is the God whom the world worships : what will not men do , what will they not suffer ...
... comfort , for grace brings both . First , " Religion is a gainful thing " and this is a compelling motive , that becomes ef- fectual upon all . Gain is the God whom the world worships : what will not men do , what will they not suffer ...
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Page 138 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...
Page 98 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 94 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 173 - 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 186 - A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son go work today in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first.
Page 187 - For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Page 42 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 216 - He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Page 102 - And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him ; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
Page 72 - One thing have I desired of the Lord, and that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.