The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick, Volume 3 |
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... live amidst many snares , be then always upon your guard , and keep yourself out of the way of temptation . 3dly . We should entertain this holy fear with respect to our graces . Grace is that holy fire sent from heaven into our hearts ...
... live amidst many snares , be then always upon your guard , and keep yourself out of the way of temptation . 3dly . We should entertain this holy fear with respect to our graces . Grace is that holy fire sent from heaven into our hearts ...
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... lives , till we be in the place where there is no hazard of sinning . This fear should season all we do , and be with us in all times , cases , conditions , places , and companies . Reason 1. Because we have always the enemy within our ...
... lives , till we be in the place where there is no hazard of sinning . This fear should season all we do , and be with us in all times , cases , conditions , places , and companies . Reason 1. Because we have always the enemy within our ...
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... live like those who are quickly to remove . Let us not expect to fix our dwelling here but prepare for our removal . We come into the world to go out again ; and within a little our tent shall be removed and our place know us no more ...
... live like those who are quickly to remove . Let us not expect to fix our dwelling here but prepare for our removal . We come into the world to go out again ; and within a little our tent shall be removed and our place know us no more ...
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... live again ? " If death were a thing upon which we could be allowed to try our hand , it would not be so dangerous . But it is only once to die , right or wrong . " We have a building of God , an house not made with hands , eter- nal in ...
... live again ? " If death were a thing upon which we could be allowed to try our hand , it would not be so dangerous . But it is only once to die , right or wrong . " We have a building of God , an house not made with hands , eter- nal in ...
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... live . There is great need of this doctrine , for presumption in the wicked , and slothfulness in the saints , make hopes of heaven whereof men can give no rational account , very plentiful . Do you 66 hope , do you know that heaven ...
... live . There is great need of this doctrine , for presumption in the wicked , and slothfulness in the saints , make hopes of heaven whereof men can give no rational account , very plentiful . Do you 66 hope , do you know that heaven ...
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Page 543 - The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Page 378 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting Covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ : to Whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 569 - For the vision is yet for an appointed time, But. at the end it shall speak, and not lie: Though it tarry, wait for it ; Because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Page 451 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 580 - And now shall mine head be lifted up: Above mine enemies round about me. Therefore will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.
Page 575 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 575 - Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Page 170 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 396 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Page 92 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines : the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold : and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; Yet I will rejoice in the Lord : I will joy in the God of my salvation.