The saint's everlasting rest: or, A treatise on the blessed state of the saints, in their enjoyment of God in Heaven [abridged by B. Fawcett]. Also, A call to the unconverted, by R. Baxter. To which are added, A serious address to penitents, by J. Fletcher, also Alleine's Alarm (to unconverted sinners).1815 |
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... salvation , and glory , and honour , and power , unto the Lord our God . Alleluia , for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth . " O Christians ! this is the blessed rest ; a rest , as it were , without rest ; " For they rest not day and ...
... salvation , and glory , and honour , and power , unto the Lord our God . Alleluia , for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth . " O Christians ! this is the blessed rest ; a rest , as it were , without rest ; " For they rest not day and ...
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... salvation ! Our day of rest will free us from all this , " and the days of mourn- ing shall be ended ; " then thy people , O Lord , shail be all righteous ; they shall inherit the land for ever , the branch of thy planting , the work of ...
... salvation ! Our day of rest will free us from all this , " and the days of mourn- ing shall be ended ; " then thy people , O Lord , shail be all righteous ; they shall inherit the land for ever , the branch of thy planting , the work of ...
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... salvation . § 5. ( 4 ) This new life in the people of God disco- vers itself by conviction , or a deep sense of divine things . As for instance - They are convinced of the evil of sin . The sinner is made to know and feel , that the sin ...
... salvation . § 5. ( 4 ) This new life in the people of God disco- vers itself by conviction , or a deep sense of divine things . As for instance - They are convinced of the evil of sin . The sinner is made to know and feel , that the sin ...
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... salvation . -- § 10. ( 6 ) As an essential part of the character of God's people , they now enter into a cordial covenant with Christ . The sinner was never strictly , nor cóm- fortably , in covenant with Christ till now . He is sure ...
... salvation . -- § 10. ( 6 ) As an essential part of the character of God's people , they now enter into a cordial covenant with Christ . The sinner was never strictly , nor cóm- fortably , in covenant with Christ till now . He is sure ...
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... salvation of their souls , ( r ) They rejoice in hope of the glory of God , " ( s ) And does God seal them with that Holy Spirit of promise , which is the earnest of their inheritance , and will he deny the full possession ? ( t ) -The ...
... salvation of their souls , ( r ) They rejoice in hope of the glory of God , " ( s ) And does God seal them with that Holy Spirit of promise , which is the earnest of their inheritance , and will he deny the full possession ? ( t ) -The ...
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Page 19 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 363 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 203 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
Page 33 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 168 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?
Page 19 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true ; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 325 - And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation ; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Page 246 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Page 481 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 478 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.