The Works of the Reverend Richard Sibbs ...: To which is Prefixed, a Short Memoir of the Author's Life. ...J. Chalmers & Company, 1809 |
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Page 13
... That , where once God begins , he goes on , and delights to add encouragement to encouragement , to maintain new fetters up in religion , and doth not only give them a stock of grace at the beginning , but also SERMON I. 13.
... That , where once God begins , he goes on , and delights to add encouragement to encouragement , to maintain new fetters up in religion , and doth not only give them a stock of grace at the beginning , but also SERMON I. 13.
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... religion . Befides , there be other noxious affections to be purged , as 1 Pet . ii . 1. which breed a distaste and diffaffection to fpiritual things , as malice , guile , & c . How can Chrift be fweet to that foul unto whom revenge is ...
... religion . Befides , there be other noxious affections to be purged , as 1 Pet . ii . 1. which breed a distaste and diffaffection to fpiritual things , as malice , guile , & c . How can Chrift be fweet to that foul unto whom revenge is ...
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... religion is made more lovely in the eyes of all , when it comes forth in ftrength and cheerful- nefs ; Chrift's housekeeping is credited hereby . " In our Fa ther's houfe is plenty enough . " When the martyrs had drank largely , it made ...
... religion is made more lovely in the eyes of all , when it comes forth in ftrength and cheerful- nefs ; Chrift's housekeeping is credited hereby . " In our Fa ther's houfe is plenty enough . " When the martyrs had drank largely , it made ...
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... religion in us is , by thofe actions whereby we reflect on ourfelves , by judging and condemning of ourselves ; for this argueth a spirit without guile . Sin and shifting came into the world together . The fubtlety of proud nature ...
... religion in us is , by thofe actions whereby we reflect on ourfelves , by judging and condemning of ourselves ; for this argueth a spirit without guile . Sin and shifting came into the world together . The fubtlety of proud nature ...
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... religion . Thefe formal proud perfons , as they are cold themselves , fo they labour to caft water on the heat of others . Nay , thofe that are otherwife good , if declin- ing in their first love , will incline others to a fellowship in ...
... religion . Thefe formal proud perfons , as they are cold themselves , fo they labour to caft water on the heat of others . Nay , thofe that are otherwife good , if declin- ing in their first love , will incline others to a fellowship in ...
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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.