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... heathen . It is general , yet personal ; comprehensive , yet short ; impassioned , yet humble ; profound , yet simple . The substance of our Litany ( or , as the word signifies , general supplication ) was embodied in that of Gregory ...
... heathen . It is general , yet personal ; comprehensive , yet short ; impassioned , yet humble ; profound , yet simple . The substance of our Litany ( or , as the word signifies , general supplication ) was embodied in that of Gregory ...
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... heathenism , and praying the King of kings " to give the increase . Her " righteousness and holiness of life , " are the brightest gems of her diadem . The monarch who thus signalizes himself may not have wielded the sword , yet he is a ...
... heathenism , and praying the King of kings " to give the increase . Her " righteousness and holiness of life , " are the brightest gems of her diadem . The monarch who thus signalizes himself may not have wielded the sword , yet he is a ...
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... heathen nations also , who are still as sheep that have gone astray , who have not yet returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls , whose darkness is yet uncheered by the Sun of Righteousness : " That it may please thee to give ...
... heathen nations also , who are still as sheep that have gone astray , who have not yet returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls , whose darkness is yet uncheered by the Sun of Righteousness : " That it may please thee to give ...
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... heathen nations may be speedily united unto them by the bonds of Christian unity , peace , and concord ; thou who calmest the raging of the waves , and stillest the madness of the people , cause righteousness to cover the earth , as the ...
... heathen nations may be speedily united unto them by the bonds of Christian unity , peace , and concord ; thou who calmest the raging of the waves , and stillest the madness of the people , cause righteousness to cover the earth , as the ...
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... heathen nations , who have no greater need of Christ than ourselves , — first , by loving him who first loved us , and proving our love by diligently keeping his commandments ; -secondly , by hearing his word with meekness and affection ...
... heathen nations , who have no greater need of Christ than ourselves , — first , by loving him who first loved us , and proving our love by diligently keeping his commandments ; -secondly , by hearing his word with meekness and affection ...
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Page 64 - Because I have called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded : but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh ; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me : for that they hated knowledge, and...
Page 10 - Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 87 - ... for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is a minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 144 - For I know that in me, (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing ; for to will is present with me ; but how to perform...
Page 137 - We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance, to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy word; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 126 - O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
Page 96 - That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit; We beseech thee, fyc.
Page 55 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 107 - That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand, and to comfort and help the weak-hearted, and to raise up them that fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 5 - God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men ; we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us.