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Page 23
... greatly beautify and dignify it ; it was a prelibation of the joy of heaven , that raised their minds to a degree of heav- enly blessedness ; it filled their minds with the light of God's glory , and made themselves to shine with some ...
... greatly beautify and dignify it ; it was a prelibation of the joy of heaven , that raised their minds to a degree of heav- enly blessedness ; it filled their minds with the light of God's glory , and made themselves to shine with some ...
Page 27
... greatly insists upon it , that we be in good earnest , “ fervent in spirit , ” and our hearts vigorously engaged in religion : Rom . xii . 11 , " Be ye fer- vent in spirit , serving the Lord . " Deut . x . 12 , " And now , Israel , what ...
... greatly insists upon it , that we be in good earnest , “ fervent in spirit , ” and our hearts vigorously engaged in religion : Rom . xii . 11 , " Be ye fer- vent in spirit , serving the Lord . " Deut . x . 12 , " And now , Israel , what ...
Page 28
... greatly exercised and engaged , such as running , wrest- ling or agonizing for a great prize or crown , and fighting with strong enemies that seek our lives , and warring as those that by violence take a city or kingdom . And though ...
... greatly exercised and engaged , such as running , wrest- ling or agonizing for a great prize or crown , and fighting with strong enemies that seek our lives , and warring as those that by violence take a city or kingdom . And though ...
Page 47
... greatly prevail in the hardest heart . But yet it is evident that hardness of heart and tenderness of heart are expressions that relate to the affection of the heart , and denote the heart's being susceptible of , or shut up against ...
... greatly prevail in the hardest heart . But yet it is evident that hardness of heart and tenderness of heart are expressions that relate to the affection of the heart , and denote the heart's being susceptible of , or shut up against ...
Page 49
... greatly to wound religion in the saints , and entangle them in a dreadful wilderness , and by and by to bring all religion into disrepute . But now , when the ill consequences of these false affections appear , and it is become very ...
... greatly to wound religion in the saints , and entangle them in a dreadful wilderness , and by and by to bring all religion into disrepute . But now , when the ill consequences of these false affections appear , and it is become very ...
Contents
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Moving Testimonies are no Sign | 95 |
Gracious Affections are from Divine | 124 |
They are founded on the moral Excel | 179 |
They arise from Divine Illumination | 192 |
They are attended with a Change | 266 |
They beget and promote the Temper | 272 |
Proportion | 292 |
False Affections rest satisfied in Themselves | 303 |
1 Christian Practice is the chief Sign | 327 |
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Page 188 - Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 42 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 92 - PRAISE ye the LORD: For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Page 69 - Him : the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 274 - But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Page 127 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Page 34 - O God, Thou art my' God; early will I seek Thee: My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; To see Thy power and Thy glory, So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.
Page 286 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...