The Works of the Rev. Richard Cecil: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 1R. Carter, 1845 |
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... mercy ! SERMON II . THE DYING SAINT'S CONSOLATION . 2 SAMUEL , Xxiii . 5 . Although my house be not so with God , yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant , ordered in all things and sure : for this is all my salvation and all ...
... mercy ! SERMON II . THE DYING SAINT'S CONSOLATION . 2 SAMUEL , Xxiii . 5 . Although my house be not so with God , yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant , ordered in all things and sure : for this is all my salvation and all ...
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... mercy of God , which has brought any thing of a saving nature into our own hearts . Do you ask me , what is to be our support , what is to bear you and me up , as fathers , and masters of families ; to keep us steady - riding at anchor ...
... mercy of God , which has brought any thing of a saving nature into our own hearts . Do you ask me , what is to be our support , what is to bear you and me up , as fathers , and masters of families ; to keep us steady - riding at anchor ...
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... mercy in their ears , and calls them that they may come to him and have life . Do you ask me , why such good news as this is not received ? Because men's hearts are not tender : they have not humbled themselves before the Lord , like ...
... mercy in their ears , and calls them that they may come to him and have life . Do you ask me , why such good news as this is not received ? Because men's hearts are not tender : they have not humbled themselves before the Lord , like ...
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... mercy to Josiah , has also blessing and mercy in store for every contrite and believing soul . Am I speaking , as I trust I am , to those whose hearts God has , by his grace , made tender ; proud and hard as they are by nature ? Hast ...
... mercy to Josiah , has also blessing and mercy in store for every contrite and believing soul . Am I speaking , as I trust I am , to those whose hearts God has , by his grace , made tender ; proud and hard as they are by nature ? Hast ...
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... mercy , and listen to the voice of God , like Mary : -he , who can go , like Magdalen , to the tomb , pouring out his tears , and looking after a Saviour : he , who , like the woman in Simon's house , can bow down before him , and wash ...
... mercy , and listen to the voice of God , like Mary : -he , who can go , like Magdalen , to the tomb , pouring out his tears , and looking after a Saviour : he , who , like the woman in Simon's house , can bow down before him , and wash ...
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Page 29 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 187 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Page 134 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD...
Page 63 - Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 317 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars : and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Page 335 - And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal ; that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Page 267 - Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Page 26 - Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear ; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house ; so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty ; for He is thy Lord ; and worship thou Him.
Page 257 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 103 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.