The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul: Illustrated in a Course of Serious and Practical Addresses ; with a Devout Meditation, Or Prayer Subjoined to Each Chapter, with an Address to the Master of the Family |
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... thou great eternal Original , and Author of all creat- ed being and happiness ! I adore thee , who hast made man a creature capable of religion , and hast bestowed this dignity and felicity upon our nature , that it may be taught to say ...
... thou great eternal Original , and Author of all creat- ed being and happiness ! I adore thee , who hast made man a creature capable of religion , and hast bestowed this dignity and felicity upon our nature , that it may be taught to say ...
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... thee , O blessed God , for and by every soul , whom , through the blood of Jesus and the grace of thy Spirit , thou hast saved ; and everlasting honors shall be ascribed to the Father , and to the Son , and to the Holy Spirit , by the ...
... thee , O blessed God , for and by every soul , whom , through the blood of Jesus and the grace of thy Spirit , thou hast saved ; and everlasting honors shall be ascribed to the Father , and to the Son , and to the Holy Spirit , by the ...
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... thou art , how it comes to pass that thou art here , and what thou must quickly be ! " It is indeed as thou hast seen it now represented . O my soul ! thou art the creature of God , formed and fur- nished by him , and lodged in a body ...
... thou art , how it comes to pass that thou art here , and what thou must quickly be ! " It is indeed as thou hast seen it now represented . O my soul ! thou art the creature of God , formed and fur- nished by him , and lodged in a body ...
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... hast thou been feeding , while thy Heavenly Father has been forsaken and injured ? Shall I desire to multiply the days of my poverty , my scandal , and my mi- sery ? " On this principle , surely an immediate return to God should in all ...
... hast thou been feeding , while thy Heavenly Father has been forsaken and injured ? Shall I desire to multiply the days of my poverty , my scandal , and my mi- sery ? " On this principle , surely an immediate return to God should in all ...
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... thou wouldst pursue me with them , even when I flee from them ! If I should ... thee to better purpose , and at length secure a repose in thee , instead of ... hast already exercised toward me , prevent my continuing to trifle with thee ...
... thou wouldst pursue me with them , even when I flee from them ! If I should ... thee to better purpose , and at length secure a repose in thee , instead of ... hast already exercised toward me , prevent my continuing to trifle with thee ...
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Page 46 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about : mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of mine head : therefore my heart faileth me.
Page 216 - Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.
Page 225 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 294 - Father, I will that they whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory...
Page 294 - He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Page 178 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 302 - Pour out thy fury upon the Heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not upon thy name.
Page 228 - Lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save ; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear ; but your iniquities have separated between you and your God ; and your sins have hid His face from you.
Page 76 - God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 230 - 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: But he knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.