The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 10 |
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... soul , as dishonouring and displeasing to God . Abhor it as you would do a cup of poison , though a golden cup . Your love of it must be turned into loathing . Look not only upon it as an ill thing , but as a filthy and a loathsome ...
... soul , as dishonouring and displeasing to God . Abhor it as you would do a cup of poison , though a golden cup . Your love of it must be turned into loathing . Look not only upon it as an ill thing , but as a filthy and a loathsome ...
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... soul is still de- parting from iniquity , and shall depart . He departs , by watching against it ; and always the more watchful , the farther from it ; Psalm xxxix . 1. " I said , I will take heed to my ways , that I sin not with my ...
... soul is still de- parting from iniquity , and shall depart . He departs , by watching against it ; and always the more watchful , the farther from it ; Psalm xxxix . 1. " I said , I will take heed to my ways , that I sin not with my ...
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... soul . That is the seat of sin , which is the noblest part of man . But it is the deformity of that part ; and the corruption of what is the best is certainly the worst evil . Even a deformity in the face is worse than in another part ...
... soul . That is the seat of sin , which is the noblest part of man . But it is the deformity of that part ; and the corruption of what is the best is certainly the worst evil . Even a deformity in the face is worse than in another part ...
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... soul , " says God , " shall have no pleasure in him . " The very setting off once in the Lord's way obliges to hold ... soul . Confusion in the church brings deadness and darkness on , and makes havoc of the case of many souls . Calamity ...
... soul , " says God , " shall have no pleasure in him . " The very setting off once in the Lord's way obliges to hold ... soul . Confusion in the church brings deadness and darkness on , and makes havoc of the case of many souls . Calamity ...
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... soul pretends to be engaging itself to the Lord ; and if it were not so , there would not be such a sad account of many who covenant with God . This is but to trifle with God , who requires the heart , or nothing ; Prov xxiii . 26 ...
... soul pretends to be engaging itself to the Lord ; and if it were not so , there would not be such a sad account of many who covenant with God . This is but to trifle with God , who requires the heart , or nothing ; Prov xxiii . 26 ...
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Page 571 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
Page 185 - But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) or, Who shall descend into the deep ? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thec, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 200 - But when Jesus heard that, He said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Page 486 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines : the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold : and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; Yet I will rejoice in the Lord : I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 581 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 481 - Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Page 487 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac ; and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said ; That in Isaac shall thy seed be called ; accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 293 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 435 - 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, and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 139 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications : and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one that mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.