A Companion for the Prisoner: Being a Selection of Sermons, Exhortations, and Other Religious Instructions; Compiled for the Use of Imprisoned Offenders |
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... avoid it for the future . Much have you suffered , and dearly have you purchased this trial of your strength . There is , however , a support that will not fail you in all your difficulties , if you apply to hea- ven for it . The ...
... avoid it for the future . Much have you suffered , and dearly have you purchased this trial of your strength . There is , however , a support that will not fail you in all your difficulties , if you apply to hea- ven for it . The ...
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... avoid the punishment due to his sins , either by committing them in secret , - or by his power or wisdom , if they should . happen to be known . Or , secondly , he may hope to repent , before the judgments of God shall overtake him . Or ...
... avoid the punishment due to his sins , either by committing them in secret , - or by his power or wisdom , if they should . happen to be known . Or , secondly , he may hope to repent , before the judgments of God shall overtake him . Or ...
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... avoid it . Now , thus far they are in the right ; viz . God has ordained that every sin shall have its due reward ; that the wicked shall be taken in their own traps ; that the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty ; that ...
... avoid it . Now , thus far they are in the right ; viz . God has ordained that every sin shall have its due reward ; that the wicked shall be taken in their own traps ; that the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty ; that ...
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... avoid what will otherwise certainly come upon them . - I will conclude the whole with these short ob- servations - First ; that since God has , in all ages , and upon all sorts of people , given so many instances of his severe ...
... avoid what will otherwise certainly come upon them . - I will conclude the whole with these short ob- servations - First ; that since God has , in all ages , and upon all sorts of people , given so many instances of his severe ...
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... avoiding both the sin and the danger : -when this is done , those that hear with attention , will be convinced , I hope , that they have reason , that they may and ought to preserve their innocence as they value their souls . And first ...
... avoiding both the sin and the danger : -when this is done , those that hear with attention , will be convinced , I hope , that they have reason , that they may and ought to preserve their innocence as they value their souls . And first ...
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Page 73 - BLESSED" is' the • man" that hath not walked" in the counsel' of the ungodly, nor stood" in the 'way of 'sinners : and' hath not sat" in the 'seat 'of the 'scornful.
Page 159 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Page 204 - Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 64 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Page 109 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 7 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning ; grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 26 - ... 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 45 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Page 10 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 52 - If I climb up into heaven, Thou art there : if I go down to hell, Thou art there also.