The Assembly's Shorter Catechism: Illustrated by Appropriate AnecdotesR. Carter & brothers, 1849 - 180 pages |
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... never sought to glorify God in my life , nor had any idea what was meant by enjoying him for ever . Death and judgment were set before me ; my past sins came to my remembrance ; I saw no way to escape the punishment due unto them , nor ...
... never sought to glorify God in my life , nor had any idea what was meant by enjoying him for ever . Death and judgment were set before me ; my past sins came to my remembrance ; I saw no way to escape the punishment due unto them , nor ...
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... never forgot either it or the circumstance that introduced it . A gentleman being invited by an honourable personage to see a stately building , erected by Sir Christopher Hattan , he desired to be excu- sed , and to sit still , looking ...
... never forgot either it or the circumstance that introduced it . A gentleman being invited by an honourable personage to see a stately building , erected by Sir Christopher Hattan , he desired to be excu- sed , and to sit still , looking ...
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... never found , but near it there also grows a white wood , or a fig - tree , the juice of either of which , if applied in time , is a remedy for the diseases produced by the manchaneel . Now , when I read this account , I thought of sin ...
... never found , but near it there also grows a white wood , or a fig - tree , the juice of either of which , if applied in time , is a remedy for the diseases produced by the manchaneel . Now , when I read this account , I thought of sin ...
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... never for one hour of my life discharged these , but lived in rebellion against the author of my life ; so I was justly under the curse of God's righteous law . and exposed to everlasting misery . " - Under the tormenting fears of ...
... never for one hour of my life discharged these , but lived in rebellion against the author of my life ; so I was justly under the curse of God's righteous law . and exposed to everlasting misery . " - Under the tormenting fears of ...
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... and led me in the paths of sin ; you never once warned me of my danger , and now it is too late . In a few hours you will have to cover me with earth ; but remember , while you are casting earth upon my body , my soul will be in hell 32.
... and led me in the paths of sin ; you never once warned me of my danger , and now it is too late . In a few hours you will have to cover me with earth ; but remember , while you are casting earth upon my body , my soul will be in hell 32.
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Page 69 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 19 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 15 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 98 - A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is, a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God's glory, and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment.
Page 168 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
Page 138 - O my God, my soul is cast down within me : therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Page 36 - Father, did, when the fulness of time was come, take upon him man's nature, with all the essential properties and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary...
Page 76 - ... for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Page 7 - I have a short and plain answer: let him study the Holy Scripture, especially the New Testament; therein are contained the words of eternal life : it has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter...
Page 155 - In the second petition, which is, "Thy kingdom come" we pray that Satan's kingdom may be destroyed, and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it, and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.