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Page 132
... rest which remaineth to the people of God . Thus have I endeavoured to unfold this delight- ful promife , and shown you that God here engageth to fupport his aged fervants under their burdens - yea , to comfort their hearts under all ...
... rest which remaineth to the people of God . Thus have I endeavoured to unfold this delight- ful promife , and shown you that God here engageth to fupport his aged fervants under their burdens - yea , to comfort their hearts under all ...
Page 158
... rest of their days in quiet and then they are forced back again into the hurries of the world . There are many who quit their place and calling without need , and go contrary to the plaineft in- timations of Providence : they are never ...
... rest of their days in quiet and then they are forced back again into the hurries of the world . There are many who quit their place and calling without need , and go contrary to the plaineft in- timations of Providence : they are never ...
Page 168
... of the heavenly Canaan , and diligently prepare for it . 66 We , " faith the Apostle , " who have be- lieved , do enter into reft ; for to us the good good tidings of rest are preached , as well as 168 The Chriftian's Journey.
... of the heavenly Canaan , and diligently prepare for it . 66 We , " faith the Apostle , " who have be- lieved , do enter into reft ; for to us the good good tidings of rest are preached , as well as 168 The Chriftian's Journey.
Page 169
... rest , and shall be made " pillars in the houfe of God , to go out no more . " That state is fubject to no changes , but from better to better ; from one degree of happiness to another . Let us be thankful , my brethren , that fuch a ...
... rest , and shall be made " pillars in the houfe of God , to go out no more . " That state is fubject to no changes , but from better to better ; from one degree of happiness to another . Let us be thankful , my brethren , that fuch a ...
Page 232
... rest , will be as punctually fulfilled in their feafon.To ftrengthen their faith , tell them likewife your own experience : how good God hath been to you all your days ; how much mercy you have found in every part of life : that it may ...
... rest , will be as punctually fulfilled in their feafon.To ftrengthen their faith , tell them likewife your own experience : how good God hath been to you all your days ; how much mercy you have found in every part of life : that it may ...
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Popular passages
Page 47 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 87 - Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 191 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 234 - The LORD our GOD be with us, as He was with our fathers : let Him not leave us, nor forsake us : That He may incline our hearts unto Him to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
Page 338 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 90 - ... that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him : for he is thy life, and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Page 28 - I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page xii - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 116 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 7 - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...