Letters of the Rev. S. Rutherford: With an Introductory EssayW. Collins, 1827 - 342 pages |
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... leaving God , chooses created things for its chief objects , these things become the moulds which impart to it their own fleeting charac- ter , and imprint on it their own superscription of vanity and death . When this connection ...
... leaving God , chooses created things for its chief objects , these things become the moulds which impart to it their own fleeting charac- ter , and imprint on it their own superscription of vanity and death . When this connection ...
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... leaves me , he leaves me in pain , and sick of love , and yet my sickness is my life and health . I have a fire within me ; I defy all the devils in hell , and all the prelates in Scotland , to cast water on it . " Here he remained ...
... leaves me , he leaves me in pain , and sick of love , and yet my sickness is my life and health . I have a fire within me ; I defy all the devils in hell , and all the prelates in Scotland , to cast water on it . " Here he remained ...
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... leaving this land : I see it , and find it , that the Lord hath covered the whole land with a cloud in his anger : but ... leave his charge and flock in time of danger . He continued with them till his death , in the free and faithful ...
... leaving this land : I see it , and find it , that the Lord hath covered the whole land with a cloud in his anger : but ... leave his charge and flock in time of danger . He continued with them till his death , in the free and faithful ...
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... leaving thee to peruse what is made public for thy edifica- tion ; and to press this pomegranate , and squeeze this grape ; and to drink till thou find thy soul re- freshed with its spiced wine ; and wishing thee an experimental ...
... leaving thee to peruse what is made public for thy edifica- tion ; and to press this pomegranate , and squeeze this grape ; and to drink till thou find thy soul re- freshed with its spiced wine ; and wishing thee an experimental ...
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... leaving your Lady- ship in grief , and would still be grieved at it , if I were not assured , that you have one with you in the furnace , whose countenance is like unto the Son of God . I know , that if you were not dear to God , and if ...
... leaving your Lady- ship in grief , and would still be grieved at it , if I were not assured , that you have one with you in the furnace , whose countenance is like unto the Son of God . I know , that if you were not dear to God , and if ...
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Page vii - And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day...
Page v - Jesus arose and followed him, and so did his disciples. (And behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment : For she said within herself, if I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
Page 61 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
Page 367 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Page v - And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Page 359 - Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts.
Page 369 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 79 - I beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Page 369 - And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, And to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.
Page 353 - Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father ; 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.