The Whole Works of the Rev. James Hervey: In Six Volumes, Volume 1Thomas Tegg, 1825 - Devotional literature |
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... everlasting concerns , as here is no abiding place ; and entreated him not to be overcharged with the cares of this life , but to attend , amidst the mul- tiplicity of his business , to " the one thing needful : " Which done , the ...
... everlasting concerns , as here is no abiding place ; and entreated him not to be overcharged with the cares of this life , but to attend , amidst the mul- tiplicity of his business , to " the one thing needful : " Which done , the ...
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... everlasting salvation ; that a sense of his unutterable dignity and infinite perfec- tions may incite us to regard him with sentiments of the most profound veneration , to long for an assured interest in his merits with all the ardency ...
... everlasting salvation ; that a sense of his unutterable dignity and infinite perfec- tions may incite us to regard him with sentiments of the most profound veneration , to long for an assured interest in his merits with all the ardency ...
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... everlasting God does not disdain to dwell in our souls by his Holy Spirit ; and to make even our bodies his temple . Tell me , ye that frame critical judgments , and balance nicely the distinc- tion of things , " Is this most ...
... everlasting God does not disdain to dwell in our souls by his Holy Spirit ; and to make even our bodies his temple . Tell me , ye that frame critical judgments , and balance nicely the distinc- tion of things , " Is this most ...
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... everlasting state upon which it is now entered . The poor body is con- signed to the coffin , and carried out to consume away in the cold and silent grave : and what reason have I to suppose that the precious soul is in a better con ...
... everlasting state upon which it is now entered . The poor body is con- signed to the coffin , and carried out to consume away in the cold and silent grave : and what reason have I to suppose that the precious soul is in a better con ...
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... everlasting cares employ his mind , without one single remembrance of his lovely Lucinda ! -Go , disappointed virgin ; go mourn the uncertainty of all created bliss ! Teach thy soul to aspire after a sure and immutable felicity ; for ...
... everlasting cares employ his mind , without one single remembrance of his lovely Lucinda ! -Go , disappointed virgin ; go mourn the uncertainty of all created bliss ! Teach thy soul to aspire after a sure and immutable felicity ; for ...
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Page 363 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 134 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 250 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head.
Page 154 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 51 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 208 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 44 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Page 241 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 62 - JEHOVAH'S kingdom, and conjointly with the soul, made " his jewels ;" made " his peculiar pleasure ;" made to shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever'?
Page 236 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,