The spiritual lifeSamuel Bentley, Press, 1834 - 295 pages |
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... never remind ourselves too often of the fact that Christianity is a remedy for human need ; that its leading Idea is Deliverance from all the ills that flesh is heir to , and its leading proclamation is peace - peace to them that are ...
... never remind ourselves too often of the fact that Christianity is a remedy for human need ; that its leading Idea is Deliverance from all the ills that flesh is heir to , and its leading proclamation is peace - peace to them that are ...
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... never to be forgotten by us , that by our fruits we must be known ; by the practical re- sults of knowledge and of feeling in the daily con- duct must our character be estimated both by our- selves and by the world . But then , equally ...
... never to be forgotten by us , that by our fruits we must be known ; by the practical re- sults of knowledge and of feeling in the daily con- duct must our character be estimated both by our- selves and by the world . But then , equally ...
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... never a check . " And O that such were not sometimes too much the character of religion in England ! Do we not too often see at least some approximation to this awful delusion ? Do we not meet with sensitive natures susceptible of deep ...
... never a check . " And O that such were not sometimes too much the character of religion in England ! Do we not too often see at least some approximation to this awful delusion ? Do we not meet with sensitive natures susceptible of deep ...
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... never may my spirit dare to set itself against His stern decrees ! " Hence the " fear which hath torment , " into which even the mind of Job began to sink when he mused on his calamities and exclaimed , " He breaketh me with a tempest ...
... never may my spirit dare to set itself against His stern decrees ! " Hence the " fear which hath torment , " into which even the mind of Job began to sink when he mused on his calamities and exclaimed , " He breaketh me with a tempest ...
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... never anxious ; ever diligent , but never bustling ; ever vigorous , but never violent ; ever bold , but never rash ; ever strenuous for God , but never exhausted and convulsed by overstrained en- deavour . O for this quiet , yet all ...
... never anxious ; ever diligent , but never bustling ; ever vigorous , but never violent ; ever bold , but never rash ; ever strenuous for God , but never exhausted and convulsed by overstrained en- deavour . O for this quiet , yet all ...
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Page 63 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 50 - Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they through Grace obey the calling...
Page 225 - I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients because I keep thy precepts.
Page 105 - In this was manifested the love of GOD towards us, because that GOD sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved GOD, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 175 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword ? Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Page 209 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...
Page 261 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another:, he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Page 34 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, And floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, And my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, As willows by the water courses.
Page 232 - For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female : for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Page 172 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.