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... seek that , and you will be happy , I could almost say , under any govern- ment ; neglect it , and no government - no public mea- sures - no outward circumstance , can do any thing towards contributing to your happiness and peace . V ...
... seek that , and you will be happy , I could almost say , under any govern- ment ; neglect it , and no government - no public mea- sures - no outward circumstance , can do any thing towards contributing to your happiness and peace . V ...
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... seeking to be pure in con- duct , and pure in heart ? Do we strive to avoid such . scenes , and such society , as may lessen our reverence for God and his services ? Are we seeking to conquer unchristian tempers ? Are we desirous of ...
... seeking to be pure in con- duct , and pure in heart ? Do we strive to avoid such . scenes , and such society , as may lessen our reverence for God and his services ? Are we seeking to conquer unchristian tempers ? Are we desirous of ...
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... seeking whom he might devour . At last they came to the brink of a yawning pit , dark and terrible , with only a slender plank across it - it was slippery , and the storm raged frightfully around . At the same time , the Tempter , who ...
... seeking whom he might devour . At last they came to the brink of a yawning pit , dark and terrible , with only a slender plank across it - it was slippery , and the storm raged frightfully around . At the same time , the Tempter , who ...
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... seek , " labour " to enter in at the strait gate . " You have an enemy's country to pass through - that country is the world , that bitter cruel enemy is the devil . He will try by all possible means to keep you out of heaven . He will ...
... seek , " labour " to enter in at the strait gate . " You have an enemy's country to pass through - that country is the world , that bitter cruel enemy is the devil . He will try by all possible means to keep you out of heaven . He will ...
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... seek Him . " On the third day her deliverance drew nigh ; she saw at a distance a vessel approaching ; and ascended the highest point of the rocks , and taking her handkerchief waved it as a signal . In a few minutes she saw persons ...
... seek Him . " On the third day her deliverance drew nigh ; she saw at a distance a vessel approaching ; and ascended the highest point of the rocks , and taking her handkerchief waved it as a signal . In a few minutes she saw persons ...
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Page 4 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 329 - Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him.
Page 279 - Christian life: remembering always, that baptism doth represent unto us our profession ; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour CHRIST, and to be made like unto him; that as he died, and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.
Page 366 - GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed : Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 208 - For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the...
Page 218 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 220 - Lord, lest the tempter me surprise, Watch over Thine own sacrifice ! All loose, all idle thoughts cast out, And make my very dreams devout...
Page 88 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 78 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 218 - CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.