The Christian Journal, and Literary Register, Volume 2T. & J. Swords, 1818 |
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Page 40 - truly lamenting and forsaking my sins, I may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; and grant that I may ever hereafter live righteously, soberly, and godly, and earnestly endeavour to serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ
Page 338 - then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for, but the, election has obtained it, and the rest were • blinded. According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto
Page 99 - in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft." Surely, under such circumstances, no one would enter upon the sacred office, unless it, were his " earnest expectation and hope, that Christ should be magnified in his body, whether it were by life or death.
Page 366 - multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore: and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed."* The
Page 365 - according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne."* And to this agree the words of the angel, at the annunciation : The Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David ; and he shall reign for ever and ever over the house of Jacob ; and of his kingdom there shall be
Page 124 - from observing what the Apostle to the Hebrews tells us, (Heb. xi. 4.) " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain; by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts.
Page 39 - I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty (but thou art rich ;) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not. but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shall suffer. Behold, the
Page 41 - shall talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shall bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes: And thou
Page 287 - hath appointed as our present sphere of operation ? Is it that fair and wondrous fabric which started into being, at the creative word, when the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy, and the Maker of all, with tranquil majesty pronounced, that all was very
Page 364 - he hath visited and redeemed his people." 2. And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David. In the Old Testament, we read continually of saviours and deliverers " raised up" by God, to rescue his people, from time to time, out of the hands of their oppressors. But of them we may