The life of Taylor ; Funeral sermon

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Ogle, Duncan and Company, 1822

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Page 140 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business ; fervent in spirit ; serving the Lord ; rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints ; given to hospitality.
Page 163 - And to the end that we should alway remember the exceeding great love of our Master, and only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood-shedding he hath obtained to us; he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort.
Page cxviii - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 134 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord : my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was troubled : I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.
Page lxvii - No man can tell but he that loves his children how many delicious accents make a man's heart dance in the pretty conversation of those dear pledges. Their childishness, their stammering, their little angers, their innocence, their imperfections, their necessities are so many little emanations of joy and comfort to him that delights in their persons and society...
Page 124 - But he turned, and said unto Peter, 'Get thee behind me, Satan. Thou art an offence unto me, for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Page 128 - Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
Page 147 - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.
Page 146 - God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Page 142 - But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

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