Repentance Explained and Enforced: Being a Serious Appeal to Every Man's Conscience on Its Nature, Necessity, and EvidencesCummings and Hilliard, 1818 - 179 pages |
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... fire comes so near your house or goods , that you have reason to fear they will be con- sumed , you use every means to secure them . But though the fire of God's wrath is kindling to destroy the soul , you neither dread nor see the ...
... fire comes so near your house or goods , that you have reason to fear they will be con- sumed , you use every means to secure them . But though the fire of God's wrath is kindling to destroy the soul , you neither dread nor see the ...
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... fire . God made man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions . Where is the image of God , which consisted in knowledge and true ho- liness ? Where is the glory which adorned the soul as it came out of the hands of its Maker ...
... fire . God made man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions . Where is the image of God , which consisted in knowledge and true ho- liness ? Where is the glory which adorned the soul as it came out of the hands of its Maker ...
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... fires of lusts , are become fountains of tears ; and those hairs which had been nets to catch her wan- ton lovers , are made a towel to wipe her Re- deemer's feet . " And though Simon murmured , the meek and merciful Saviour said , her ...
... fires of lusts , are become fountains of tears ; and those hairs which had been nets to catch her wan- ton lovers , are made a towel to wipe her Re- deemer's feet . " And though Simon murmured , the meek and merciful Saviour said , her ...
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... fire which I could easily kindle , I cannot quench . The bad seed I have sown has already taken root , and spreads against all my endeavours to prevent it . Much of the evil I have done , can never be undone . O my God , if thou art ...
... fire which I could easily kindle , I cannot quench . The bad seed I have sown has already taken root , and spreads against all my endeavours to prevent it . Much of the evil I have done , can never be undone . O my God , if thou art ...
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... fire , among the workers of iniquity ! What a description has our Lord given of Dives in hell ! After he had left behind him his fine linen and purple robes , he was clothed with shame and covered with confusion . Instead of those rich ...
... fire , among the workers of iniquity ! What a description has our Lord given of Dives in hell ! After he had left behind him his fine linen and purple robes , he was clothed with shame and covered with confusion . Instead of those rich ...
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Page 108 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh : but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 3 - And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things ? I tell you, Nay ; but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 70 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...
Page 78 - Lord who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious ; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners : of whom I am chief.
Page 97 - LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth ? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved ; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction : they have made their faces harder than a rock ; they have refused to return.
Page 82 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 120 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 77 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 163 - But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost ; in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 11 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.