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... objects . You follow the straight path which Providence has pointed out to man ; in the course of which all the different business of life presents itself regu- larly to him on every side . God and man , time and eternity , possess ...
... objects . You follow the straight path which Providence has pointed out to man ; in the course of which all the different business of life presents itself regu- larly to him on every side . God and man , time and eternity , possess ...
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... object which can occupy or amuse it , is then aptest to throw itself into the arms of every vice and every folly . Farther ; by the preservation of order , you check inconstancy and levity . Fickle by nature is the human heart . It is ...
... object which can occupy or amuse it , is then aptest to throw itself into the arms of every vice and every folly . Farther ; by the preservation of order , you check inconstancy and levity . Fickle by nature is the human heart . It is ...
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... object of religion . If they can act their part with decency , and maintain a fair character , they conceive their duty to be fulfilled . What What passes in the mean time within their mind , they suppose to be of no great consequence ...
... object of religion . If they can act their part with decency , and maintain a fair character , they conceive their duty to be fulfilled . What What passes in the mean time within their mind , they suppose to be of no great consequence ...
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... object of religious discipline ; and , in proportion as this is more or less advanced , we are more or less religious . Accordingly , the rege- neration of the heart is everywhere repre- sented in the Gospel as the most essential ...
... object of religious discipline ; and , in proportion as this is more or less advanced , we are more or less religious . Accordingly , the rege- neration of the heart is everywhere repre- sented in the Gospel as the most essential ...
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... object which presents itself , with a melancholy gloom . In order to acquire a capacity of happiness , it must be our first study to rectify such inward disorders . Whatever discipline tends to accomplish this purpose , is of greater ...
... object which presents itself , with a melancholy gloom . In order to acquire a capacity of happiness , it must be our first study to rectify such inward disorders . Whatever discipline tends to accomplish this purpose , is of greater ...
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Page 188 - But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Page 121 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page vii - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 127 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Page 105 - Hath he said, and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good...
Page 211 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Page 220 - I am the Resurrection, and the Life : he that believeth on Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in
Page vii - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?
Page 295 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 381 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent...