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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... falls to the share of godly men in this world , to be eminent in sorrows and troubles . Many are the afflictions of the righteous , Psalm xxxiv . 19 : but that which follows , weighs them abun- dantly down in consolation , that the Lord ...
... falls to the share of godly men in this world , to be eminent in sorrows and troubles . Many are the afflictions of the righteous , Psalm xxxiv . 19 : but that which follows , weighs them abun- dantly down in consolation , that the Lord ...
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... see it is ) by the way of sufferings , we must either follow on in that way , or fall short of salvation ; for there is no other leader , nor any other If way than that which He opened ; so that there 6 A COMMENTARY UPON.
... see it is ) by the way of sufferings , we must either follow on in that way , or fall short of salvation ; for there is no other leader , nor any other If way than that which He opened ; so that there 6 A COMMENTARY UPON.
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... fall upon thee - to fall as a great weight : or as a millstone , and crush the soul . But senseless we go light under the burden of sin , and feel it not , we complain not of it , and are therefore truly said to be dead in it ...
... fall upon thee - to fall as a great weight : or as a millstone , and crush the soul . But senseless we go light under the burden of sin , and feel it not , we complain not of it , and are therefore truly said to be dead in it ...
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... fall in together , as the word in the original imports . The sins of all , in all ages before and after , who were to be saved , all their guiltiness met together on His back upon the Cross . Who- soever of all that number had least sin ...
... fall in together , as the word in the original imports . The sins of all , in all ages before and after , who were to be saved , all their guiltiness met together on His back upon the Cross . Who- soever of all that number had least sin ...
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... fall out with it ; but this is but as the little jars of husband and wife , which are far from dissolving the marriage : it is not a fixed hatred , such as amongst the Jews inferred a divorce - If thou hate her , put her away ; that is ...
... fall out with it ; but this is but as the little jars of husband and wife , which are far from dissolving the marriage : it is not a fixed hatred , such as amongst the Jews inferred a divorce - If thou hate her , put her away ; that is ...
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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.