The Works of the Reverend Richard Sibbs ...: To which is Prefixed, a Short Memoir of the Author's Life. ...J. Chalmers & Company, 1809 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 56
Page 7
... standing before it : It brings down mountains , and every high thing that exalts itfelf , and lays them level ; nay , the Roman and other mighty empires , could not stand be- fore it . B 4 For For thefe refpects , and the like , the ...
... standing before it : It brings down mountains , and every high thing that exalts itfelf , and lays them level ; nay , the Roman and other mighty empires , could not stand be- fore it . B 4 For For thefe refpects , and the like , the ...
Page 29
... stand by us , when all outward comforts will vanish . That mystical union and fweet communion is fet down with fuch variety of expreffions , to fhew , that whatsoever is scattered in the creature feverally , is in him entirely . He is ...
... stand by us , when all outward comforts will vanish . That mystical union and fweet communion is fet down with fuch variety of expreffions , to fhew , that whatsoever is scattered in the creature feverally , is in him entirely . He is ...
Page 32
... stand with the love of Chrift . For , the prime love , when it is rightly beftowed , it orders and regulates all other loves whatsoever . No man knows how to use earthly things , but a chriftian who hath first pitched his love on Chrift ...
... stand with the love of Chrift . For , the prime love , when it is rightly beftowed , it orders and regulates all other loves whatsoever . No man knows how to use earthly things , but a chriftian who hath first pitched his love on Chrift ...
Page 33
... stand together , or else we shall never have the comfort of this sweet name . Many men will be glad to own Christ , to be great by him ; but ( as St. Austin complains in his time ) Chrift Jefus is not loved for Jefus ' own fake , but ...
... stand together , or else we shall never have the comfort of this sweet name . Many men will be glad to own Christ , to be great by him ; but ( as St. Austin complains in his time ) Chrift Jefus is not loved for Jefus ' own fake , but ...
Page 50
... standing , fometimes falling , fometimes recovering himself , and standing fafter ; fometimes triumphing , " the Lord is the light of my countenance , whom fhall I fear ? " fometimes again , I fhall one day fall by the hands of Saul ...
... standing , fometimes falling , fometimes recovering himself , and standing fafter ; fometimes triumphing , " the Lord is the light of my countenance , whom fhall I fear ? " fometimes again , I fhall one day fall by the hands of Saul ...
Common terms and phrases
affections affurance againſt alfo alſo anſwer becauſe beloved beſt bleffed caft caufe cauſe Chrift chriftian church comfort communion confcience corruption courfe courſe creature daughters of Jerufalem defire delight difcouragements difpofition doth eftate eſpecially excellent faid faith falvation fanctified fatan Father fcripture feal fecond feed feek felves fenfe ferve feven fhall fhew fhould firft firſt fleep fleſh fome fometimes foul fpeak ftand ftate ftill ftir ftrength fuch fuffer fure fweet God's grace grieve the fpirit hath heart heaven heavenly herſelf himſelf Holy Ghoft itſelf let us labour likewife Lord meaſure mercy moft moſt muft muſt myrrh nature notwithſtanding obferve ourſelves perfons pleaſe prayer prefent promiſes purpoſe queſtion reafon religion righteouſneſs ſee ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpouſe ſtand ſtate ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth underſtanding unto uſe watchmen whatſoever wiſdom word
Popular passages
Page 79 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 172 - The watchmen that went about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Page 342 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Page 38 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Page 191 - What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Page 342 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Page 156 - I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him ; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Page 210 - My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Page 2 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 149 - My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.