The Life of God in the Soul of ManCosimo, Inc., 2007 M11 1 - 116 pages This book, considered a classic of Christian devotional literature, was written by young Scottish Puritan HENRY SCOUGAL (1650-1678), professor of divinity at Aberdeen University, in the form of a letter to a friend who has lost his faith. In clear, supportive, inspirational language, Scougal discusses: . religion and the natural divine life . how the Savior exemplifies divine love . the difficulties and duties of Christian life . and more. Seekers after spiritual succor continue to find soulful sustenance and encouragement in this work more than two centuries after it was first published. |
Contents
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PART II | 61 |
The Pleasure and Sweetness of a humble Temper | 80 |
We must shun all Manner of Sin | 95 |
We must constantly watch ourselves | 103 |
We must often examine our Actions | 104 |
We must conscientiously perform the outward | 114 |
To beget Charity we must remember that | 124 |
Thoughts of God make us have a humble sense | 130 |
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Popular passages
Page 85 - Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust : cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Page 57 - Christ immediately puts his friendship to the proof, by telling him, that the foxes had holes, and the birds of the air had nests, but the Son of Man had not where to lay his head.
Page 89 - The eternal God is our refuge *, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
Page 124 - SPIRIT in the inner man ; that CHRIST may dwell in our hearts by faith ; that we being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all Saints, what is the Breadth, and Length, and Depth, and Height ; and to know the love of CHRIST, which passeth knowledge, that we might be filled with all the fulness of GOD.
Page 124 - That we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that we may be filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 91 - The path of the just is as the shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Page 106 - ... amiss, and make the shipwrecks of one day be as marks to direct our course in another. This may be called the very art of virtuous living, and would contribute wonderfully to advance our reformation, and preserve our innocence.
Page 37 - ... and those who have made progress in it, are not acted only by external motives, driven merely by threatenings, nor bribed by promises, nor constrained by laws; but are powerfully inclined to that which is good, and delight in the performance of it.