The Genuine Works of Robert Leighton, D.D. Archbishop of Glasgow, Volume 4W. Baynes & Son, 1822 |
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... fear that such supplies will fail ; for how often so- ever you have recourse to them , you will always find them blooming , full of juice , and swelled with the dew of heaven ; nay , when by deep and continued meditation , you ima- gine ...
... fear that such supplies will fail ; for how often so- ever you have recourse to them , you will always find them blooming , full of juice , and swelled with the dew of heaven ; nay , when by deep and continued meditation , you ima- gine ...
Page 64
... fear . LECTURE VI . Of the HAPPINESS of the LIFE to come . Or all the thoughts of men , there is certainly none that ... fears , it must be con- sidered as downright madness . Such was the opinion of the wisest of kings : " I have 64 ...
... fear . LECTURE VI . Of the HAPPINESS of the LIFE to come . Or all the thoughts of men , there is certainly none that ... fears , it must be con- sidered as downright madness . Such was the opinion of the wisest of kings : " I have 64 ...
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... fear , nor sin , which is the source and fountain of all other evils . There is neither vio- lence within doors nor without , nor any complaint in the streets of that blessed city ; there , no friend goes out , nor enemy comes in . 2 ...
... fear , nor sin , which is the source and fountain of all other evils . There is neither vio- lence within doors nor without , nor any complaint in the streets of that blessed city ; there , no friend goes out , nor enemy comes in . 2 ...
Page 75
... fears , because he fancied he had found out an effectual method to banish all religion entirely out of the minds of men . And , to say the truth , in no age have there been wanting brutish souls , too much enslaved to their corporeal ...
... fears , because he fancied he had found out an effectual method to banish all religion entirely out of the minds of men . And , to say the truth , in no age have there been wanting brutish souls , too much enslaved to their corporeal ...
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... fear his opinion would be rejected , because of a few madmen who laugh at religion . Nor is it improbable , as some of the ancients have asserted , that those few among the Greeks , who were called Atheists , had not that epithet ...
... fear his opinion would be rejected , because of a few madmen who laugh at religion . Nor is it improbable , as some of the ancients have asserted , that those few among the Greeks , who were called Atheists , had not that epithet ...
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Page 87 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Page 441 - Now he that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Page 64 - If in this life only we have hope, we are of all men the most miserable.
Page 377 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 175 - 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 378 - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
Page 247 - Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Page 343 - The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Page 442 - For the love of Christ constraineth us —because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.
Page 301 - LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness ; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.