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Page 64
... serve him beft . His state Is kingly thousands , at his bidding , fpeed , And poft o'er land and ocean without reft . They also ferve who only stand and wait . * But with regard to fome aged perfons , their unfruitfulness is their own ...
... serve him beft . His state Is kingly thousands , at his bidding , fpeed , And poft o'er land and ocean without reft . They also ferve who only stand and wait . * But with regard to fome aged perfons , their unfruitfulness is their own ...
Page 94
... power to every one that is to come . " Again : You are to serve God , your preserver , by being active in all the duties of life , which << you You may you have ability to difcharge . not perhaps 94 Caleb's Reflection on the.
... power to every one that is to come . " Again : You are to serve God , your preserver , by being active in all the duties of life , which << you You may you have ability to difcharge . not perhaps 94 Caleb's Reflection on the.
Page 95
... serve God by humbly waiting all the intimations of his will ; by bearing up contentedly and cheerfully un- der the infirmities of age , and ftriving and watching that your tempers may not be foured by your own afflictions , or the vices ...
... serve God by humbly waiting all the intimations of his will ; by bearing up contentedly and cheerfully un- der the infirmities of age , and ftriving and watching that your tempers may not be foured by your own afflictions , or the vices ...
Page 112
... , but as it puts him into a capacity of serving and enjoying God better than he can do here . It is worse than death to the zealous chriftian christian to be lifeless and ufelefs ; and he is 112 The Defign and Improvement.
... , but as it puts him into a capacity of serving and enjoying God better than he can do here . It is worse than death to the zealous chriftian christian to be lifeless and ufelefs ; and he is 112 The Defign and Improvement.
Page 138
... served my prince , he would not have caft me off in my old age . " Through all fucceeding generations the Lord shall en- dure . This adds the ftrongeft fecurity to his promifes and covenant , and is an en- couragement to his people to ...
... served my prince , he would not have caft me off in my old age . " Through all fucceeding generations the Lord shall en- dure . This adds the ftrongeft fecurity to his promifes and covenant , and is an en- couragement to his people to ...
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Page 47 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 87 - Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 191 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 234 - The LORD our GOD be with us, as He was with our fathers : let Him not leave us, nor forsake us : That He may incline our hearts unto Him to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
Page 338 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 90 - ... that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him : for he is thy life, and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Page 28 - I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page xii - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 116 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 7 - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...