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... mercy ! O do thou , by the irra- diation of thy grace make fuch a clear day in my Soul , as that I may not on- ly fee thy light here , and receive in it , and walk by it , but be it ; fo fhall I be light in thee , and ( according to ...
... mercy ! O do thou , by the irra- diation of thy grace make fuch a clear day in my Soul , as that I may not on- ly fee thy light here , and receive in it , and walk by it , but be it ; fo fhall I be light in thee , and ( according to ...
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... mercy , that I am not taken away at once , with a fuddain ftroke , by a dead palfie , or appo- plexy , or fome fuch speeding disease ; that I am not chafed out of the world , as a vifion of the night , and hurled out of my place , as ...
... mercy , that I am not taken away at once , with a fuddain ftroke , by a dead palfie , or appo- plexy , or fome fuch speeding disease ; that I am not chafed out of the world , as a vifion of the night , and hurled out of my place , as ...
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... mercy to me , as thou didft to thy Children of Ifrael , in punishing mine inventions : Chaften me , fo thou love me ; fcourge on , fo thou receive me , and it fhall be my confolation . O give me not only strength to bear thefe paines ...
... mercy to me , as thou didft to thy Children of Ifrael , in punishing mine inventions : Chaften me , fo thou love me ; fcourge on , fo thou receive me , and it fhall be my confolation . O give me not only strength to bear thefe paines ...
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... mercy to my worldly part , to my lay part ; O heal my Spiritual part ; which needs thy mercy moft , and will rellish it beft . Untill that be done , I am fick , though never fo well . But admitting ( with all humble thankful- nefs my ...
... mercy to my worldly part , to my lay part ; O heal my Spiritual part ; which needs thy mercy moft , and will rellish it beft . Untill that be done , I am fick , though never fo well . But admitting ( with all humble thankful- nefs my ...
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... mercy , for thou haft rendred to me according to my work . It is of thy never failing compaffion , that I am not confu- med . Thou art merciful in thy justice , and just in thy mercy . O take what vengeance thou wilt of mine inventions ...
... mercy , for thou haft rendred to me according to my work . It is of thy never failing compaffion , that I am not confu- med . Thou art merciful in thy justice , and just in thy mercy . O take what vengeance thou wilt of mine inventions ...
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Page 16 - Let the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Page 21 - ... but I would fix my study upon those only that are of most importance to fit me for action, which is the true end of all learning. Lord, teach me so to study other men's works as not to neglect mine own ; and so to study Thy word, which is Thy work, that it may be " a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" — my candle to work by. Take me off from the curiosity of knowing only to know ; from the vanity of knowing only to be known ; and from the folly of pretending to know more than I do...
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Page 21 - ... do in reading as merchants used to do in their trading ; who, in a coasting way, put in at several ports and take in what commodities they afford, but settle their factories in those places only which are of special note ; I would, by-the-bye, allow myself a traffic with sundry authors, as I happen to light upon them, for my recreation ; and I would make the best advantage that I could of them : but I would fix my study upon those only that are of most importance to fit me for action, which is...
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