A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in the Devout Discharge of that DutyPollard & Converse; by Jonathan Leavitt, 182 Broadway, New-York; Wm. Williams, Utica; Tower and Hogan, and John Grigg, Philadelphia., 1828 - 302 pages |
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... Matt . xxvi , 41 , & c . & c . The great God , then , that made heaven and earth , and before whom you will stand in judgment , plainly requires you to wor- ship him . THERE ARE SEVERE THREATENINGS AGAINST THOSE WHO NEGLECT THIS DUTY 7.
... Matt . xxvi , 41 , & c . & c . The great God , then , that made heaven and earth , and before whom you will stand in judgment , plainly requires you to wor- ship him . THERE ARE SEVERE THREATENINGS AGAINST THOSE WHO NEGLECT THIS DUTY 7.
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... neglect of prayer . Those were to be cut off , who turned back from the Lord , and those that have not sought the ... neglects it as his daily duty . The duty of prayer may be farther proved from THE PRACTICE OF HOLY PERSONS.- need not ...
... neglect of prayer . Those were to be cut off , who turned back from the Lord , and those that have not sought the ... neglects it as his daily duty . The duty of prayer may be farther proved from THE PRACTICE OF HOLY PERSONS.- need not ...
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... neglect God altogether at other times , are often then compelled to apply to him , and even in such a case he has heard and accepted them . Isaiah xxvi , 16 ; 1 Kings xxi , 29. But with a peculiarly filial confidence may those approach ...
... neglect God altogether at other times , are often then compelled to apply to him , and even in such a case he has heard and accepted them . Isaiah xxvi , 16 ; 1 Kings xxi , 29. But with a peculiarly filial confidence may those approach ...
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... neglect their prayers , and some trust in them . Some neglect prayer , and this on various grounds.— They say , GOD KNOWS WHAT I WANT WITHOUT MY ASKING , and he is too wise and too good to need my information in order to relieve me ...
... neglect their prayers , and some trust in them . Some neglect prayer , and this on various grounds.— They say , GOD KNOWS WHAT I WANT WITHOUT MY ASKING , and he is too wise and too good to need my information in order to relieve me ...
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... neglect the means which he has directed you to use , you have no reason to expect the blessing which you desire : but if you are induced by his grace to use the means , it is a good sign that you are likely to obtain the desired end ...
... neglect the means which he has directed you to use , you have no reason to expect the blessing which you desire : but if you are induced by his grace to use the means , it is a good sign that you are likely to obtain the desired end ...
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Page 269 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Page 55 - It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Page 137 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 58 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 269 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 99 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 210 - And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 140 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 24 - Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 235 - 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.