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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... thou not that we perish ? When the people are sick , they break through the roof of a dwelling to come to him ; or press through the crowd to touch the hem of his garment . It is the NATURE of prayer , that it gives to needy and sinful ...
... thou not that we perish ? When the people are sick , they break through the roof of a dwelling to come to him ; or press through the crowd to touch the hem of his garment . It is the NATURE of prayer , that it gives to needy and sinful ...
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... Thou sayest I am rich , and increased with goods , and have need of nothing , and knowest not that thou art wretched , and miserable , and poor , and blind , and naked . Come to the throne of grace to get , and not to give . Bring your ...
... Thou sayest I am rich , and increased with goods , and have need of nothing , and knowest not that thou art wretched , and miserable , and poor , and blind , and naked . Come to the throne of grace to get , and not to give . Bring your ...
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... thou shalt pray unto God , he shall be favourable unto thee . Job xxiii , 26. Thou , Lord , art good , and ready to forgive , and plenteous in mercy unto all that call upon thee . Ps . Ixvi , 5. No excellencies can compensate for the ...
... thou shalt pray unto God , he shall be favourable unto thee . Job xxiii , 26. Thou , Lord , art good , and ready to forgive , and plenteous in mercy unto all that call upon thee . Ps . Ixvi , 5. No excellencies can compensate for the ...
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... thou knowest not . Thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel . WE ARE CERTAIN OF FAITH , ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL . -The numerous promises made to faithful prayer fully confirm this remark . He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all ...
... thou knowest not . Thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel . WE ARE CERTAIN OF FAITH , ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL . -The numerous promises made to faithful prayer fully confirm this remark . He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all ...
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... thou art my God . PRAYER GAINS FOR US SPIRITUAL STRENGTH . - It is that singular duty in which every grace is exercised , every sin opposed , every blessing obtained , the whole soul revived , strengthened , and invigorated for the ...
... thou art my God . PRAYER GAINS FOR US SPIRITUAL STRENGTH . - It is that singular duty in which every grace is exercised , every sin opposed , every blessing obtained , the whole soul revived , strengthened , and invigorated for the ...
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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.