Practical discourses [ed. by J. Jebb]. Ed. by John, bishop of Limerick1830 |
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... grace their advancement in life and progress in religion have gone hand in hand . And , first , Youth is the best season for attain- ing the practice and habit of religion . Our state on earth is a state of training and education for ...
... grace their advancement in life and progress in religion have gone hand in hand . And , first , Youth is the best season for attain- ing the practice and habit of religion . Our state on earth is a state of training and education for ...
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... grace of God , habit and custom may render prayer so grateful , that we shall be uneasy if we are hindered from performing it . And , if the benefit of it in pro- curing the blessing of God is set before chil- dren , it will encourage ...
... grace of God , habit and custom may render prayer so grateful , that we shall be uneasy if we are hindered from performing it . And , if the benefit of it in pro- curing the blessing of God is set before chil- dren , it will encourage ...
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... grace of God is the first mover ; yet , it so far partakes of the nature of human attainments , as to go on most happily by being begun early . The sense of the greatness and goodness of God , of our dependence on Him and duty to Him ...
... grace of God is the first mover ; yet , it so far partakes of the nature of human attainments , as to go on most happily by being begun early . The sense of the greatness and goodness of God , of our dependence on Him and duty to Him ...
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... grace and protection ; and never to do any deed , or engage in any business , upon which they cannot look for his blessing ! If they set out , and continue , in this course , it will lead them , by the grace of God their Creator , of ...
... grace and protection ; and never to do any deed , or engage in any business , upon which they cannot look for his blessing ! If they set out , and continue , in this course , it will lead them , by the grace of God their Creator , of ...
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... grace of God , to walk more circumspectly for the time to come . " Take heed to yourselves lest , at any time , your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunk- enness , and cares of this life , and so that day come upon you ...
... grace of God , to walk more circumspectly for the time to come . " Take heed to yourselves lest , at any time , your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunk- enness , and cares of this life , and so that day come upon you ...
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Page 246 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 122 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his chamber * toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 128 - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.
Page 146 - For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, "Go," and he goeth; and to another, "Come," and he cometh; and to my servant, "Do this,
Page 157 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven ; but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 81 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free Spirit.
Page 24 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 121 - All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Page 132 - Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. **And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
Page 96 - And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel.