The golden chain; or, The Christian graces illustrated and enforced |
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... hath bestowed upon us ; are they not innumerable and unmerited ? There are bene- fits bestowed upon us in creation , in the exercises of his providential administrations , in the provision for our sustenance , LECTURE I. 19.
... hath bestowed upon us ; are they not innumerable and unmerited ? There are bene- fits bestowed upon us in creation , in the exercises of his providential administrations , in the provision for our sustenance , LECTURE I. 19.
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... exercise , for saith he , " Every creature which is in heaven , and on the earth , and under the earth , and such as are in the sea , and all that are in them , heard I saying , Blessing , and honour , and glory , and power , be unto ...
... exercise , for saith he , " Every creature which is in heaven , and on the earth , and under the earth , and such as are in the sea , and all that are in them , heard I saying , Blessing , and honour , and glory , and power , be unto ...
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... exercise to all our chris- tian graces , and bring us into communion with the Most High . The advantages of private prayer are great . " But thou , when thou prayest , enter into thy closet , and when thou hast shut thy door , pray to ...
... exercise to all our chris- tian graces , and bring us into communion with the Most High . The advantages of private prayer are great . " But thou , when thou prayest , enter into thy closet , and when thou hast shut thy door , pray to ...
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... exercise , how interesting every object above , beneath , and around him ! There stood the tree of life , blooming in the centre of the garden ; a river went out of Eden , to water the garden ; all was " pleasant to the sight , and good ...
... exercise , how interesting every object above , beneath , and around him ! There stood the tree of life , blooming in the centre of the garden ; a river went out of Eden , to water the garden ; all was " pleasant to the sight , and good ...
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... transgression , and sin . " The apostle Peter evi- dently alludes to the exercise of the Divine forbearance ante- rior to the deluge , when he says , " Which sometime were disobedient , when once the longsuffering of God waited in.
... transgression , and sin . " The apostle Peter evi- dently alludes to the exercise of the Divine forbearance ante- rior to the deluge , when he says , " Which sometime were disobedient , when once the longsuffering of God waited in.
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Page 88 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 76 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.
Page 179 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 135 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 160 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness : and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; above all taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God...
Page 17 - If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar : for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God Whom he hath not seen ? And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God, love his brother also.
Page 118 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them. Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those tilings which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Page 128 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 162 - Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Page 50 - For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us ; having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances ; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.