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... produced by revivals . God has found it necessary to take advantage of the excita- bility there is in mankind , to produce powerful excitements among them , before he can lead them to obey . Men are so sluggish , there are so many ...
... produced by revivals . God has found it necessary to take advantage of the excita- bility there is in mankind , to produce powerful excitements among them , before he can lead them to obey . Men are so sluggish , there are so many ...
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... produce another excitement , and then pour out his Spirit again to convert sinners . Then the counteracting causes would again operate , and religion would decline , and the nation would be swept away in the vortex of luxury , idolatry ...
... produce another excitement , and then pour out his Spirit again to convert sinners . Then the counteracting causes would again operate , and religion would decline , and the nation would be swept away in the vortex of luxury , idolatry ...
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... produce a revival . Otherwise God would not have enjoined them . But means will not produce a revival , we all know , without the blessing of God . No more will grain , when it is sowed , produce a crop without the blessing of God . It ...
... produce a revival . Otherwise God would not have enjoined them . But means will not produce a revival , we all know , without the blessing of God . No more will grain , when it is sowed , produce a crop without the blessing of God . It ...
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... produce the effect . No doctrine is more dangerous than this to the pros- perity of the church , and nothing more absurd . Suppose a man were to go and preach this doctrine among farmers , about their sowing grain . Let him tell them ...
... produce the effect . No doctrine is more dangerous than this to the pros- perity of the church , and nothing more absurd . Suppose a man were to go and preach this doctrine among farmers , about their sowing grain . Let him tell them ...
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... produce deep feeling wherever they go./ And if they are cold , or light and trifling , they inevitably de- stroy all deep feeling , even in awakened sinners . I knew a case , once , of an individual who was very anxious , but one day I ...
... produce deep feeling wherever they go./ And if they are cold , or light and trifling , they inevitably de- stroy all deep feeling , even in awakened sinners . I knew a case , once , of an individual who was very anxious , but one day I ...
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Page 422 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 287 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Page 325 - And all that heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers. And when they saw Him they were amazed : and His mother said unto Him, Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with us ? behold Thy father and I have sought Thee sorrowing.
Page 85 - Ye lust and have not : ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 81 - Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
Page 46 - Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought ; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession, for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Page 65 - So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Page 19 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Page 79 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God...
Page 230 - And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, and teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.