Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices: Being a Companion for Christians of All Denominations |
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... Satan hath cast such sinful seed into our souls , that now he no sooner tempts , but we are ready to assent ; he no sooner has a plot , but he makes a conquest ; if he do but shew men a little of the glory of the world , how ready are ...
... Satan hath cast such sinful seed into our souls , that now he no sooner tempts , but we are ready to assent ; he no sooner has a plot , but he makes a conquest ; if he do but shew men a little of the glory of the world , how ready are ...
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... hast given me ! Finally , remember this , that your life is short , your duties many , your assistance great , and ... hath by my hand subscribed , that I am , Your loving pastor under Christ , according to all pastoral affections and ...
... hast given me ! Finally , remember this , that your life is short , your duties many , your assistance great , and ... hath by my hand subscribed , that I am , Your loving pastor under Christ , according to all pastoral affections and ...
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... Satan is that wily merchant , that de- voureth not widows ' houses , but many souls . We are not ignorant of Satan's devices , coun- sels , plots , machinations , or stratagems ; he is but a titular Christian , that hath not personal ex ...
... Satan is that wily merchant , that de- voureth not widows ' houses , but many souls . We are not ignorant of Satan's devices , coun- sels , plots , machinations , or stratagems ; he is but a titular Christian , that hath not personal ex ...
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... Satan hath snares for the wise and simple ; for generous and for timorous souls ; for the rich and the poor ; for the aged and for youth , & c . Happy are those who are not taken and held in the snares that he hath laid . One proof more ...
... Satan hath snares for the wise and simple ; for generous and for timorous souls ; for the rich and the poor ; for the aged and for youth , & c . Happy are those who are not taken and held in the snares that he hath laid . One proof more ...
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... hath slain her thou- sands , but prosperity her tens of thousands.- Now the remedies against this device of the devil , are these : Remedy 1. Keep at the greatest distance from sin , and from playing with the golden bait that * Many are ...
... hath slain her thou- sands , but prosperity her tens of thousands.- Now the remedies against this device of the devil , are these : Remedy 1. Keep at the greatest distance from sin , and from playing with the golden bait that * Many are ...
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Page 41 - For God speaketh once, Yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he my withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Page 96 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Page 154 - Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Page 227 - And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you, as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Page 52 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 193 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Page 88 - I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; Because thou didst it Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Page 154 - God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Page 143 - What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?" Then answered I them, and said unto them, "The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build : but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Page 115 - Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men ; that I might leave my people, and go from them ! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.