A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in Its Devout DischargeA. Van Santvoord & M. Cole., 1822 - 291 pages |
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... look to our Lord himself , whose example is especially set before us to be followed . Few parts of his character are more plainly exhibited , than his constant regard of this duty . The reader is referred to the following passages ...
... look to our Lord himself , whose example is especially set before us to be followed . Few parts of his character are more plainly exhibited , than his constant regard of this duty . The reader is referred to the following passages ...
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... Look at the example of Nineveh , and see the effect of the Ninevites humbling themselves before God , though God had threatened , Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be destroyed . Prayer arrests the judgment . Or , if he had made promises ...
... Look at the example of Nineveh , and see the effect of the Ninevites humbling themselves before God , though God had threatened , Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be destroyed . Prayer arrests the judgment . Or , if he had made promises ...
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... Look at David , Daniel , and St. Paul , men the most constant in devotion , and yet un- weariedly engaged , and manifestly blessed in their seve- ral stations . Another man will tell us , I FIND NO BENEFIT FROM PRAYER . — I have prayed ...
... Look at David , Daniel , and St. Paul , men the most constant in devotion , and yet un- weariedly engaged , and manifestly blessed in their seve- ral stations . Another man will tell us , I FIND NO BENEFIT FROM PRAYER . — I have prayed ...
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... look on my whole life , from the time of my conception to this very moment , to be but as one continued act of sin . " With these feelings , you would be sensible , at once , that Jesus Christ is the only and complete Saviour of sinners ...
... look on my whole life , from the time of my conception to this very moment , to be but as one continued act of sin . " With these feelings , you would be sensible , at once , that Jesus Christ is the only and complete Saviour of sinners ...
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... look out , day after day , with longing eyes for a favourable gale to carry them onward . And perhaps when they almost despair of attaining it , thep , in this hour of need , the sea manifests in the distance a darker hue , some clouds ...
... look out , day after day , with longing eyes for a favourable gale to carry them onward . And perhaps when they almost despair of attaining it , thep , in this hour of need , the sea manifests in the distance a darker hue , some clouds ...
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Page 53 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 148 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 215 - And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 68 - It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Page 157 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 22 - Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 215 - And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them ? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
Page 227 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air, His watchword at the gates of death : He enters heaven with prayer. Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry,
Page 121 - Moses' seat. All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.