Solitude Sweetened: Or Miscellaneous Mediatations on Various Religious Subjects Written in Distant Parts of the World |
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... beautified ; thus , their face shines , and their conversation seems as if in heaven , nobly opposing the base practices of the men of the world . B O my soul ! while mortals are combating for crowns MEDITATION Page 1 On meditation,
... beautified ; thus , their face shines , and their conversation seems as if in heaven , nobly opposing the base practices of the men of the world . B O my soul ! while mortals are combating for crowns MEDITATION Page 1 On meditation,
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... crowns below , meditate thou on thy crown above ; view the beauties of the better country ; ruminate on the happiness of the inhabitants there ; think on the fulness of the heavenly glory ; talk of the love of God , and dwell on the ...
... crowns below , meditate thou on thy crown above ; view the beauties of the better country ; ruminate on the happiness of the inhabitants there ; think on the fulness of the heavenly glory ; talk of the love of God , and dwell on the ...
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... crown me with glory above , strengthen me with grace below ? Will he not bless me with peace of mind , who is to be my peace for ever ? Triumph , O my faith ! all things are Christ's , and Christ is God's ; and God , Christ , and all ...
... crown me with glory above , strengthen me with grace below ? Will he not bless me with peace of mind , who is to be my peace for ever ? Triumph , O my faith ! all things are Christ's , and Christ is God's ; and God , Christ , and all ...
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... crown a poor expectant with eter- nal glory . MEDITATION VIII . WORLDLY LOSSES AND MISFORTUNES , UNIVERSAL . CONVENE , ye mournful throng , and vent your dreary moans ; muster all your complaints , and re- cite the causes of your sorrow ...
... crown a poor expectant with eter- nal glory . MEDITATION VIII . WORLDLY LOSSES AND MISFORTUNES , UNIVERSAL . CONVENE , ye mournful throng , and vent your dreary moans ; muster all your complaints , and re- cite the causes of your sorrow ...
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... crown of life , a crown of glory , which fadeth not away . When I lay weltering in my blood , it pitied me ; when running on in the mad career of sin , it converted me ; and now that I am reconciled , it will never leave me , but at ...
... crown of life , a crown of glory , which fadeth not away . When I lay weltering in my blood , it pitied me ; when running on in the mad career of sin , it converted me ; and now that I am reconciled , it will never leave me , but at ...
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adore affliction amidst angels beams beatific vision beauty blessed bliss Canaan carnal cerns Christ Christian church comfort communion corruption creature crown darkness death delight divine dwell earth Egypt enemies eter eternity everlasting evermore excellencies expect faith Father fear felicity flames friends fulness Gibeon Gibraltar give glorified glorious glory God's hand happy happy day hath heart heaven heavenly heir hell higher house holy honour hosannas immortal infinite inhabitants Israel Jehovah King light live look Lord market of grace MEDITATION mercy mind ness never night noble perfect pleasure poor possessed praise prayer present promise providence rapture rejoice rich righteousness royal Sabbath saints salvation satan seraph shine sinners sins Son of God sons sorrow soul spiritual Spithead Surely thee thine things thou hast thoughts throne tion treasures trouble unbelief unto vanity walk whole wicked wisdom wonder wrath
Popular passages
Page 269 - But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel...
Page 111 - ... eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 295 - Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Page 375 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 206 - If a man love me, my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Page 219 - The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Page 14 - How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Page 304 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.
Page 17 - He who spared not his own Son but delivered him up to the death for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things...
Page 65 - a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, and as rivers of water in a dry place, and as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land,