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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... " their transgressions , " and the enemies to religion and virtue , as well as to the peace of society , their sinful and dangerous state . .. 92 . With very few exceptions , then , I have a With 2 A Companion for the Prisoner .
... " their transgressions , " and the enemies to religion and virtue , as well as to the peace of society , their sinful and dangerous state . .. 92 . With very few exceptions , then , I have a With 2 A Companion for the Prisoner .
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... dangerous , more adverse to serious thought , than a succession of light amusements , a repetition of trifling pleasures . These gra- dually occupy the mind ; they seize all the ave- nues of reflection , and , like a band of armed ...
... dangerous , more adverse to serious thought , than a succession of light amusements , a repetition of trifling pleasures . These gra- dually occupy the mind ; they seize all the ave- nues of reflection , and , like a band of armed ...
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... dangerous to your fellow citizens , you may return into the world , and sustain your part in it with credit and reputation . On this side the grave , repentance must be found , if you ever hope for the blessing of eternal happiness . To ...
... dangerous to your fellow citizens , you may return into the world , and sustain your part in it with credit and reputation . On this side the grave , repentance must be found , if you ever hope for the blessing of eternal happiness . To ...
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... dangerous coast , have brought you to this place of melancholy and sorrow , are now removed from your eyes . The noise and tumults of the world are at a distance . Scenes of riot and dissipation vanish from your sight . Temptations to ...
... dangerous coast , have brought you to this place of melancholy and sorrow , are now removed from your eyes . The noise and tumults of the world are at a distance . Scenes of riot and dissipation vanish from your sight . Temptations to ...
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... And then , lest men should fancy themselves out of danger , because of the relation they bear to God ; because , for instance , they are in cove C $ 2 nant nant with him , or because they have received very A Companion for the Prisoner .
... And then , lest men should fancy themselves out of danger , because of the relation they bear to God ; because , for instance , they are in cove C $ 2 nant nant with him , or because they have received very A Companion for the Prisoner .
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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.