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... worldly spirit , and the excessive love of gain , eating out the love of Christ , of his cause and people , in many who had once seemed to walk humbly with their God , to be zealous for the truth as it is in Jesus , and to provoke one ...
... worldly spirit , and the excessive love of gain , eating out the love of Christ , of his cause and people , in many who had once seemed to walk humbly with their God , to be zealous for the truth as it is in Jesus , and to provoke one ...
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... worldly things , we think it wise to spend time beforehand , in preparing for any new scenes we may have to enter on . A seven years apprenticeship is not thought too long to prepare a youth for a trade , which he may never live to ...
... worldly things , we think it wise to spend time beforehand , in preparing for any new scenes we may have to enter on . A seven years apprenticeship is not thought too long to prepare a youth for a trade , which he may never live to ...
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... worldly comforts , and conveniences ; but a still more joyful and pleasant thing it is , in enjoying them , to be thankful to the Universal Lord , " whose tender mercies are over all his works . " It is best of all to enjoy the light of ...
... worldly comforts , and conveniences ; but a still more joyful and pleasant thing it is , in enjoying them , to be thankful to the Universal Lord , " whose tender mercies are over all his works . " It is best of all to enjoy the light of ...
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... worldly things against them . But the most prosperous and the most pleasurable of worldly things will not give them it , if they be void of God within . And as our Lord has decided the case , " Ye cannot serve God and mammon , one of ...
... worldly things against them . But the most prosperous and the most pleasurable of worldly things will not give them it , if they be void of God within . And as our Lord has decided the case , " Ye cannot serve God and mammon , one of ...
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... worldly advantages ; that though when obtained they never satisfy the soul ; yet disappointment is sure to sting the minds of men , and render them exceeding miserable . But besides the thousand thousand losses , cares , and ...
... worldly advantages ; that though when obtained they never satisfy the soul ; yet disappointment is sure to sting the minds of men , and render them exceeding miserable . But besides the thousand thousand losses , cares , and ...
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Page xiii - And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness : for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. And lie spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully : and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Page 248 - Abraham's bosom : the rich man also died, and was buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame.
Page 410 - And he would not for a while. But afterward he said within himself; Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; Yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her; lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 310 - And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully : and he thought within himself, saying, what shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits ? And he said, this will I do : I will pull down my barns and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 205 - THE condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith and calling upon God : Wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God, by Christ, preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 9 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page x - And after these things he went forth, and saw a Publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
Page 231 - As the godly consideration of predestination, and our election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things...
Page 423 - God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you ; and to you who are troubled, rtst with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page xiv - For which cause we faint not ; but though our outward, man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.