A sketch of the the life of the rev. John Brown, sometime minister ... in Wamphray; with notes and a historical appendix1839 |
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... heaven , would not we think we saw the ever - green fields beyond the swelling flood ; and that we heard the symphonies and hallelujahs of the blessed ? or , what is inexpressibly more awful , were we on the broad way that leads ...
... heaven , would not we think we saw the ever - green fields beyond the swelling flood ; and that we heard the symphonies and hallelujahs of the blessed ? or , what is inexpressibly more awful , were we on the broad way that leads ...
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... heavens , that your present trouble shall be dispersed as the morning cloud , and God shall bring forth your righteousness as the light at noontide of the day . Let me entreat you , in Christ's name , to keep a good conscience in your ...
... heavens , that your present trouble shall be dispersed as the morning cloud , and God shall bring forth your righteousness as the light at noontide of the day . Let me entreat you , in Christ's name , to keep a good conscience in your ...
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... heaven , look up thither ; for many ( says Solomon ) seek the face of the ruler , but every man's judgment cometh of the Lord ; and be glad that it is so . for Christ is the clerk of your process , and REV . JOHN BROWN . 7.
... heaven , look up thither ; for many ( says Solomon ) seek the face of the ruler , but every man's judgment cometh of the Lord ; and be glad that it is so . for Christ is the clerk of your process , and REV . JOHN BROWN . 7.
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... heaven these many years bygone , are come up before the Lord , and shall not be forgot- ten . What it is that will come , I cannot tell ; but I know , as the Lord liveth , these cries shall bring down mercy . I charge you , and those ...
... heaven these many years bygone , are come up before the Lord , and shall not be forgot- ten . What it is that will come , I cannot tell ; but I know , as the Lord liveth , these cries shall bring down mercy . I charge you , and those ...
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... heaven , and our heart more frequently upon our sweet treasure above . We smell of the smoke of this lower house of the earth , because our hearts and our thoughts are here . If we could haunt up with God , we should smell of heaven ...
... heaven , and our heart more frequently upon our sweet treasure above . We smell of the smoke of this lower house of the earth , because our hearts and our thoughts are here . If we could haunt up with God , we should smell of heaven ...
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Page 77 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me ; Until I went into the sanctuary of God , then understood I their end.
Page 63 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 269 - In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing and the vestment warm; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Page 430 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 303 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 27 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled...
Page 405 - Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Page 44 - You only have I known of all the families of the earth : therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Page 2 - Will the Lord cast off for ever ? And will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious t Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies...
Page 37 - So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.