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... I am all - fufficient in all cafes -I am enough ; and able ' to do exceeding abundantly above all " Job xlii . 12. +1 Sam . ii . 7. Pf . xxxiv . 5 . § Zech . ix . 12 . Gen. xvii . 1 . ' that that you ask or think . " - I have 14.
... I am all - fufficient in all cafes -I am enough ; and able ' to do exceeding abundantly above all " Job xlii . 12. +1 Sam . ii . 7. Pf . xxxiv . 5 . § Zech . ix . 12 . Gen. xvii . 1 . ' that that you ask or think . " - I have 14.
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Richard Cecil. that you ask or think . " - I have taken away thy Gourd , but doft thou well ' to be angry ? -have I left nothing ' for thankfulnefs ? -this world , how- ever , cannot be your home , nor its ob- ' jects your confolation ...
Richard Cecil. that you ask or think . " - I have taken away thy Gourd , but doft thou well ' to be angry ? -have I left nothing ' for thankfulnefs ? -this world , how- ever , cannot be your home , nor its ob- ' jects your confolation ...
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Richard Cecil. therefore , when he fends not the very things we ask , he hears us by fending greater than we can ask or think . * Is any , therefore , afflicted , let him pray ; not only in the public fanctuary , or in the retired closet ...
Richard Cecil. therefore , when he fends not the very things we ask , he hears us by fending greater than we can ask or think . * Is any , therefore , afflicted , let him pray ; not only in the public fanctuary , or in the retired closet ...
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... with you . ' If ye , being evil , know how to give good gifts unto your children , • how much more fhall your heavenly * Heb . iv . 15 , 16 . + Phil . iv . 19 . • Father Father give the holy Spirit to them ' that ask 58.
... with you . ' If ye , being evil , know how to give good gifts unto your children , • how much more fhall your heavenly * Heb . iv . 15 , 16 . + Phil . iv . 19 . • Father Father give the holy Spirit to them ' that ask 58.
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Richard Cecil. Father give the holy Spirit to them ' that ask him ? ' * The religion of education and cuftom- obtains more or lefs every where ; but ferious , vital , fpiritual religion is a cafe of neceffity with us all . We fummon our ...
Richard Cecil. Father give the holy Spirit to them ' that ask him ? ' * The religion of education and cuftom- obtains more or lefs every where ; but ferious , vital , fpiritual religion is a cafe of neceffity with us all . We fummon our ...
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Page 9 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Page 9 - Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping ; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Page 1 - Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh and of dissonant mood from his complaint, Unless he feel within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold.
Page 59 - ... with us all. We summon our forces, we ransack our stores, we spend our money for that which is not bread, and our labour for that which satisfieth not: Isa.
Page 45 - These are the great occasions which force the mind to take refuge in religion : when we have no help in ourselves, what can remain but that we look up to a higher and a greater Power ? and to what hope may we not raise our eyes and hearts, when we consider that the greatest POWER is the BEST?' Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the gospel, which has brought life and immortality to light.
Page 45 - Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the gospel, which has brought life and immortality to light. The precepts of Epicurus, who teaches us to endure what the laws of the universe make necessary, may silence, but not content us.
Page 87 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 46 - Real alleviation of the loss of friends, and rational tranquillity in the prospect of our own dissolution, can be received only from the promises of Him in whose hands are life and death, and from the assurance of another and better state, in which all tears will be wiped from the eyes, and the whole soul shall be filled with joy. Philosophy may infuse stubbornness, but Religion only can give patience.
Page 28 - Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Page 31 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.