Academical Lectures and Pulpit Discourses, Volume 2William Oliphant and Sons, 1845 |
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... sufferings which he endured for us were infinite , or at least inconceivable , in severity , — and the glory to which he will raise his saints is incon- ceivable in nature and degree , and interminable in duration . " Great is the ...
... sufferings which he endured for us were infinite , or at least inconceivable , in severity , — and the glory to which he will raise his saints is incon- ceivable in nature and degree , and interminable in duration . " Great is the ...
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... sufferings ; for , " as he who was after the flesh formerly persecuted him who was after the spirit , so is it now ... suffering . It consists in resigna- tion to the appointments of heaven , and in marching resolutely forward in the ...
... sufferings ; for , " as he who was after the flesh formerly persecuted him who was after the spirit , so is it now ... suffering . It consists in resigna- tion to the appointments of heaven , and in marching resolutely forward in the ...
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... sufferings of the present time , -sufferings which , when set in opposition to his future enjoyments , vanish as unworthy to be compared with the glory which is to be afterwards revealed . Who is there that would not for a few weeks ...
... sufferings of the present time , -sufferings which , when set in opposition to his future enjoyments , vanish as unworthy to be compared with the glory which is to be afterwards revealed . Who is there that would not for a few weeks ...
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... sufferings of the present condition , when contrasted with the happiness of the future state , appear all of them supportable , and most of them slight and tran- sient . In short , there is no affliction that can befal us , which the ...
... sufferings of the present condition , when contrasted with the happiness of the future state , appear all of them supportable , and most of them slight and tran- sient . In short , there is no affliction that can befal us , which the ...
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... sufferings of life , and the toils of virtue , with contentment and cheerfulness . Had the time allowed , I ought to have remarked to you , finally , that faith enables the christian to FAITH OVERCOMING THE WORLD . 47.
... sufferings of life , and the toils of virtue , with contentment and cheerfulness . Had the time allowed , I ought to have remarked to you , finally , that faith enables the christian to FAITH OVERCOMING THE WORLD . 47.
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Page 291 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 111 - God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Page 143 - And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, "The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Page 327 - The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul.
Page 442 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 275 - Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree...
Page 496 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 288 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 144 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 304 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.