The Whole Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Leighton: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, Volume 2James Duncan, 1825 |
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... continual delight he takes in it , as in his element , and living to it , as if that were the very end of his being . In that estate , neither his body nor his mind stirreth without sin . Setting aside his manifest breaches of the Law ...
... continual delight he takes in it , as in his element , and living to it , as if that were the very end of his being . In that estate , neither his body nor his mind stirreth without sin . Setting aside his manifest breaches of the Law ...
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... continual unsettledness and disquiet . The mind , as a wave of the sea , tossed to and fro with the wind , tumbles from one sin and vanity to another , and finds no rest ; or , as a sick person tosses from one side to another , and from ...
... continual unsettledness and disquiet . The mind , as a wave of the sea , tossed to and fro with the wind , tumbles from one sin and vanity to another , and finds no rest ; or , as a sick person tosses from one side to another , and from ...
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... continual tempest and storms , as the most are . Let it pass for a kind of sheepishness to be meek ; it is a likeness to Him who was as a sheep before the shearers , not opening his mouth ; it is a portion of His spirit . sooner . The ...
... continual tempest and storms , as the most are . Let it pass for a kind of sheepishness to be meek ; it is a likeness to Him who was as a sheep before the shearers , not opening his mouth ; it is a portion of His spirit . sooner . The ...
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... continual remembrance of that presence of God , which , in the entry of the work , is to be set before the eye of the soul . And our endeavour ought to be to fix it upon that view , that it turn not aside nor downwards , but from ...
... continual remembrance of that presence of God , which , in the entry of the work , is to be set before the eye of the soul . And our endeavour ought to be to fix it upon that view , that it turn not aside nor downwards , but from ...
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... on things as answers of our requests ; or possibly , a continual eager pursuit of more , turns away the mind from considering what it hath upon request obtained ; we are still so bent upon what further 140 A COMMENTARY UPON.
... on things as answers of our requests ; or possibly , a continual eager pursuit of more , turns away the mind from considering what it hath upon request obtained ; we are still so bent upon what further 140 A COMMENTARY UPON.
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Page 506 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Page 380 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 613 - For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Page 541 - Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, LORD, what wait I for ? my hope is- in Thee.
Page 576 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Page 484 - But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Page 201 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 520 - OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Page 563 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Page 563 - Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.