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Page ix
... truth the words of God , it is a question of life and death eternal , whether we hear them or not . God speaks not in vain : the very circumstance of his speaking obliges us to pay attention to what he says ; and the not attending to it ...
... truth the words of God , it is a question of life and death eternal , whether we hear them or not . God speaks not in vain : the very circumstance of his speaking obliges us to pay attention to what he says ; and the not attending to it ...
Page ix
... truth asserted in the text ; that a godly disposition , or , if I may so describe it , a disposition towards God , is necessary to the right hearing of his Word ; an indispensable preliminary to the reception of a true faith . With the ...
... truth asserted in the text ; that a godly disposition , or , if I may so describe it , a disposition towards God , is necessary to the right hearing of his Word ; an indispensable preliminary to the reception of a true faith . With the ...
Page ix
... truth is recorded in the case of Lydia . She had beforetime worshipped God in sincerity : but when Paul preached the Gospel , it was not her understanding , which , by its own natural light , enabled her all at once to discern the truth ...
... truth is recorded in the case of Lydia . She had beforetime worshipped God in sincerity : but when Paul preached the Gospel , it was not her understanding , which , by its own natural light , enabled her all at once to discern the truth ...
Page ix
... truth ; turns the mind . towards the contemplation of God's word and will ; assists it , in overcoming the pride of reason , and the prejudices of an erring wisdom ; and , when the Gospel is at length embraced with the full assent of ...
... truth ; turns the mind . towards the contemplation of God's word and will ; assists it , in overcoming the pride of reason , and the prejudices of an erring wisdom ; and , when the Gospel is at length embraced with the full assent of ...
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... truth , it may be ob- served , that we are as much at liberty to use , or to neglect the spiritual strength imparted to the soul , as we are free to exercise , or not , the natural strength of the body . In either case God is the giver ...
... truth , it may be ob- served , that we are as much at liberty to use , or to neglect the spiritual strength imparted to the soul , as we are free to exercise , or not , the natural strength of the body . In either case God is the giver ...
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Popular passages
Page 289 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 222 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 242 - Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Page 243 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God (italics mine).
Page 36 - Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Page 415 - Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to "Whom be glory for ever and ever, amen
Page 172 - Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Page 123 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 203 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-inlaw against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Page 173 - Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving,kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.