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Page 75
... when you believe , ( having your Understanding enlightened ) that I have loved
you with an everlasting Love , then will your Love to me be cordial and unfeigned
: and thus become willing and obedient , through constraining Love , 1 Cor . v .
... when you believe , ( having your Understanding enlightened ) that I have loved
you with an everlasting Love , then will your Love to me be cordial and unfeigned
: and thus become willing and obedient , through constraining Love , 1 Cor . v .
Page 119
Also , as the Father hath loved me , even so have I loved her , John xv . 9 . And
there ... Hereby I'll cause her to know that I have loved her with an everlasting
Love , and therefore with Loving - kindness have I drawn her unto me , Jer . xxxi .
3 .
Also , as the Father hath loved me , even so have I loved her , John xv . 9 . And
there ... Hereby I'll cause her to know that I have loved her with an everlasting
Love , and therefore with Loving - kindness have I drawn her unto me , Jer . xxxi .
3 .
Page 136
And , well might the blessed Spouse cry out in holy Extasy that so the Love of
Christ is better than Wine , " Cant . i . 2. And this Love of God shed abroad in the
Soul , is what Saint Paul looks upon to be a more excellent Way to Heaven -than
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And , well might the blessed Spouse cry out in holy Extasy that so the Love of
Christ is better than Wine , " Cant . i . 2. And this Love of God shed abroad in the
Soul , is what Saint Paul looks upon to be a more excellent Way to Heaven -than
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Page 137
But this divine Ray of Light and Love is often at first so weak , that Satan almost
quenches it through Unbelief , and holds a Contest with the Holy Spirit in some of
God's People for many Years , and keeps the Soul in Bondage . At other Times it
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But this divine Ray of Light and Love is often at first so weak , that Satan almost
quenches it through Unbelief , and holds a Contest with the Holy Spirit in some of
God's People for many Years , and keeps the Soul in Bondage . At other Times it
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Page 139
Doubtless this hath an Allusion to the Kingdom of Grace , for in a similar Manner
the Angel of the Covenant sheweth his Church the pure River of Life , God's
everlasting Love to his Saints , in the Covenant of Grace , Aowing from Eternity to
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Doubtless this hath an Allusion to the Kingdom of Grace , for in a similar Manner
the Angel of the Covenant sheweth his Church the pure River of Life , God's
everlasting Love to his Saints , in the Covenant of Grace , Aowing from Eternity to
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Page 89 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 120 - I pray for them : I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me ; for they are Thine.
Page 73 - Lord: but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 97 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 112 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, And will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, And give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles...
Page 76 - Israel, Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; . and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour...
Page 100 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Page 6 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own ; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you ; The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Page 73 - Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar ; The Lord of Hosts is his name. If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Page 77 - Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth...
Bibliographic information
| Title | An epistle to the inhabitants of Gillingham ... wherein is a looking-glass for the faithful |
| Author | John Cave (glover.) |
| Published | 1781 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Apr 2007 |
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