Mercies of a covenant God, or, An account of some of the Lord's dealings in providence and grace with John Warburton [the author. Followed by] Letters from Sarah to Barnabas; or, Epistles from a daughter of Israel to John Warburton1837 |
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... night comes ; I am engaged to play a few games at the card table , but I will not go , and they will not come for me . On Saturday night , however , my partner at the card table called for me , and , saying it was near the appointed ...
... night comes ; I am engaged to play a few games at the card table , but I will not go , and they will not come for me . On Saturday night , however , my partner at the card table called for me , and , saying it was near the appointed ...
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... night , and , O the awful feelings of my heart . I thought of my vows , and my breaking of them ; of the dreadful majesty of that God whom I had mocked a thousand times ; and of the horrible certainty of fast - approach- ing death . And ...
... night , and , O the awful feelings of my heart . I thought of my vows , and my breaking of them ; of the dreadful majesty of that God whom I had mocked a thousand times ; and of the horrible certainty of fast - approach- ing death . And ...
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... night and day for mercy and forgiveness of my sins , until I found it . I went to bed much encouraged , and rose very early in the morning , blessing the Lord with all my heart that he had spared me another night . After breakfast , I ...
... night and day for mercy and forgiveness of my sins , until I found it . I went to bed much encouraged , and rose very early in the morning , blessing the Lord with all my heart that he had spared me another night . After breakfast , I ...
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John Warburton. 66 to exist . I think I shall never forget the night before God delivered my poor soul . Fully resolved to destroy myself , I went , on Saturday about midnight , to a pool of water , making , as I proceeded thither , a ...
John Warburton. 66 to exist . I think I shall never forget the night before God delivered my poor soul . Fully resolved to destroy myself , I went , on Saturday about midnight , to a pool of water , making , as I proceeded thither , a ...
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... night , for it was my meat and drink to tell how great things the Lord had done for my soul . Having left the chapel , and got into the fields , I be- gan to think over what they had said , and to question myself whether they might not ...
... night , for it was my meat and drink to tell how great things the Lord had done for my soul . Having left the chapel , and got into the fields , I be- gan to think over what they had said , and to question myself whether they might not ...
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Page 17 - Cursed is every one which continueth not in all things that are •written in the book of the law, to do them.
Page 58 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses ; of how much sorer punishment suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace...
Page 60 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 37 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
Page 84 - Ye lust and have not : ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 89 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 59 - Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord, And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the...
Page 59 - For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good Word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Page 78 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, And will refine them as silver is refined, And will try them as gold is tried: They shall call on my name, and I will hear them : I will say, It is my people: And they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Page 78 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.