Cottage Musings: Or, Select Pieces in Prose and VersePress of H. R. Piercy, 1835 - 184 pages |
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Page 164 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 157 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 156 - Now then," said the powerful orator in conclusion, " stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made you free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage (Gal.
Page 154 - He said to strive to enter in at the strait gate for narrow is the way that leadeth unto life and few there be that find it...
Page 153 - Lamb ; it is the fine linen, clean and white, which is the righteousness of the saints.
Page 156 - I will receive you," &c. ; and again, " Come out of her my people, come out of her (Babylon) that ye partake not of her sins, that ye receive not of her plagues.
Page 155 - ... Christ was near, they had walked, as it were, by sight. But now, bowed down by disappointed hopes, they could stand only by faith in God and in his Word. The scoffing world were saying, " You have been deceived. Give up your faith, and say that the Advent movement was of Satan." But God's Word declared, "If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in . him.
Page 156 - ... earnest notes upon it. As soon as the notes of the flute were heard, the lion turned round and dashed away into the thicket; and Agape saw him no more, but instead of his loud angry growl, it seemed as if the refreshing breeze in the tree-tops formed itself into words, and it said to him, "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation." " Resist the devil, and he shall flee from you.
Page 174 - There are five eminent methods whereby the mind is improved in the knowledge of things; these are observation, reading, instruction by lectures, conversation, and meditation or study.
Page 155 - from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, they...