The Riches of BunyanAmerican Tract Society, 1850 - 488 pages |
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... better , wide and enduring use- fulness . No man , with God's exhaustless Scriptures in his hands , and with the rich book of nature and providence open in its pictured radiance before his eyes , needs to have either a dwindling or an ...
... better , wide and enduring use- fulness . No man , with God's exhaustless Scriptures in his hands , and with the rich book of nature and providence open in its pictured radiance before his eyes , needs to have either a dwindling or an ...
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... better to his mind ; yet , even then and there such dread of the majesty of God was upon him , that he went away wondering that his life was preserved . Man crumbles to dust at the pres ence of God ; yea , though he show himself to us ...
... better to his mind ; yet , even then and there such dread of the majesty of God was upon him , that he went away wondering that his life was preserved . Man crumbles to dust at the pres ence of God ; yea , though he show himself to us ...
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... better than a thousand prayers in a formal , cold , luke- warm way .. Naturally the name of God is dreadful to us , especially when he is discovered to us by those names that declare his justice , holiness , power , and glory ; but the ...
... better than a thousand prayers in a formal , cold , luke- warm way .. Naturally the name of God is dreadful to us , especially when he is discovered to us by those names that declare his justice , holiness , power , and glory ; but the ...
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... better than laugh- ter , and the house of mourning better than the house of mirth . " And I have more often seen that the afflicted are always the best sort of Christians . There is a man never well , never prospering , never but under ...
... better than laugh- ter , and the house of mourning better than the house of mirth . " And I have more often seen that the afflicted are always the best sort of Christians . There is a man never well , never prospering , never but under ...
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... better furnished than if I had , without it , all the libraries of the two universities . Besides , I am for drinking water out of my own cistern : what God makes mine by the evidence of his word and Spirit , that I dare make bold with ...
... better furnished than if I had , without it , all the libraries of the two universities . Besides , I am for drinking water out of my own cistern : what God makes mine by the evidence of his word and Spirit , that I dare make bold with ...
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Page 63 - And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 34 - His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light ; He had horns coming out of his hand : And there was the hiding of his power.
Page 110 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Page 222 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Page 134 - I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Page 62 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Page 201 - The love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; and that He died for all, that they who live, should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and rose again.
Page 120 - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
Page 289 - 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 338 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.