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Page vii
... desire procured it ; And therefore what entertainment soever it findeth in the world , yet Ihope I may expect you will welcome it , especially considering it was born under your roof , and therefore hopes to find favour in your eyes ...
... desire procured it ; And therefore what entertainment soever it findeth in the world , yet Ihope I may expect you will welcome it , especially considering it was born under your roof , and therefore hopes to find favour in your eyes ...
Page ix
... desires ( either for the sake of others profit , or their own credit , or both ) are stretched beyond the bounds of their abilities ; and that they covet to commend themselves to the world's censure , in a better dress than common ...
... desires ( either for the sake of others profit , or their own credit , or both ) are stretched beyond the bounds of their abilities ; and that they covet to commend themselves to the world's censure , in a better dress than common ...
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... desire to know and to do more ] to perfect that which was lacking of his own obedience ; and therefore he goes to Christ to instruct him in his duty ; " Mas- ter , what lack I yet ? " Now would you not think this a good man ? Alas ! how ...
... desire to know and to do more ] to perfect that which was lacking of his own obedience ; and therefore he goes to Christ to instruct him in his duty ; " Mas- ter , what lack I yet ? " Now would you not think this a good man ? Alas ! how ...
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... desires of grace are grace ? and so they are , if true and timely , if sound and seasonable . Why lo ! here a desire of grace in these vir- gins " Give us of your oil . " It was a desire of true grace , but it was not a true desire of ...
... desires of grace are grace ? and so they are , if true and timely , if sound and seasonable . Why lo ! here a desire of grace in these vir- gins " Give us of your oil . " It was a desire of true grace , but it was not a true desire of ...
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... my ways " . Sure this frees them from the sus- picion of hypocrisy ; for , " they say unto God , * Isa . xxvi . 16 . Psal . cvii . 27 , 28 . Job xxvii . 10 . Depart from us , we desire not the knowledge of 34 The almost Christian .
... my ways " . Sure this frees them from the sus- picion of hypocrisy ; for , " they say unto God , * Isa . xxvi . 16 . Psal . cvii . 27 , 28 . Job xxvii . 10 . Depart from us , we desire not the knowledge of 34 The almost Christian .
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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.