The Saints' Everlasting Rest; Or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Glory |
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... tion God was pleased to continue me about five months from home ; where , being able for nothing else , I went on with this work , which lengthened to this which you here see . It is no wonder , therefore , if I be too abrupt in the ...
... tion God was pleased to continue me about five months from home ; where , being able for nothing else , I went on with this work , which lengthened to this which you here see . It is no wonder , therefore , if I be too abrupt in the ...
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... tion of him , which was lost in Adam's fall ; but all spirit- ual knowledge of him , and true disposition toward such felicity . Man hath now a heart too suitable to his estate ; a low state , and a low spirit . As the poor man that ...
... tion of him , which was lost in Adam's fall ; but all spirit- ual knowledge of him , and true disposition toward such felicity . Man hath now a heart too suitable to his estate ; a low state , and a low spirit . As the poor man that ...
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... tion , both of soul and body . This qualifies them to enjoy the glory , and thoroughly to partake the sweet- ness of it . Were the glory never so great , and them- selves not made capable of it , it would be little to them . But the ...
... tion , both of soul and body . This qualifies them to enjoy the glory , and thoroughly to partake the sweet- ness of it . Were the glory never so great , and them- selves not made capable of it , it would be little to them . But the ...
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... tion that love that hath brought thee hither ? That thou wast jealous of the faithfulness of thy Lord ? That thou suspectedst his love , when thou shouldst have only sus- pected thyself ? That thou didst not live continually transported ...
... tion that love that hath brought thee hither ? That thou wast jealous of the faithfulness of thy Lord ? That thou suspectedst his love , when thou shouldst have only sus- pected thyself ? That thou didst not live continually transported ...
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... tion so well pleased the Father , that he gave him power to advance his chosen to a higher dignity than they fell from ; and to give them the glory which was given to himself ; and all this according to the good pleasure of his own will ...
... tion so well pleased the Father , that he gave him power to advance his chosen to a higher dignity than they fell from ; and to give them the glory which was given to himself ; and all this according to the good pleasure of his own will ...
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Page 294 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, Nor an old man that hath not filled his days: For the child shall die an hundred years old ; But the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Page 32 - I charge thee therefore, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing, and his kingdom ; preach the word, be instant in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Page 143 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Page 178 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 251 - From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 178 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 19 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true ; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 35 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we.
Page 34 - Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince, all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 53 - Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler ; the snare is broken, and we are delivered.