Discourses on Various Subjects, Intended to Have Been Delivered in Philadelphia: To which are Added Some Others Selected from the Same Author |
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... receive with much indiffer- ence , often bordering on disgust . Hence it follows that , in exercising the faith and patience of men , God acts the part of a kind and ju- dicious parent , attentive to the improvement of his も children ...
... receive with much indiffer- ence , often bordering on disgust . Hence it follows that , in exercising the faith and patience of men , God acts the part of a kind and ju- dicious parent , attentive to the improvement of his も children ...
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... receive all our impressions of it from reading and meditation , and especially as we live in a season of rest from all per- secution ( a situation which has its disadvantages as well as its advantages ) are naturally less under in ...
... receive all our impressions of it from reading and meditation , and especially as we live in a season of rest from all per- secution ( a situation which has its disadvantages as well as its advantages ) are naturally less under in ...
Page 63
... receive as a compensation for the sacrifice , at that time , no doubt , expecting it in this life . What were his views and expectations afterwards , and to the close of a long life , we shall now see . At the same time we cannot fail ...
... receive as a compensation for the sacrifice , at that time , no doubt , expecting it in this life . What were his views and expectations afterwards , and to the close of a long life , we shall now see . At the same time we cannot fail ...
Page 65
... receive a crown of glory that fadeth not a- << way . " 1 Pet . V. 4 . Wherefore , gird up the loins of your mind , be " sober , and hope to the end , for the grace that is to " be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus " Christ . " I ...
... receive a crown of glory that fadeth not a- << way . " 1 Pet . V. 4 . Wherefore , gird up the loins of your mind , be " sober , and hope to the end , for the grace that is to " be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus " Christ . " I ...
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... receive the crown of life which the " Lord has promised to them that love him . V. " 12. Be patient brethren unto the coming of the " Lord . Behold the husbandman waiteth for the " precious fruit of the earth , and has long patience ...
... receive the crown of life which the " Lord has promised to them that love him . V. " 12. Be patient brethren unto the coming of the " Lord . Behold the husbandman waiteth for the " precious fruit of the earth , and has long patience ...
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Page 99 - Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church...
Page 91 - I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom; preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Page 64 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Page 48 - I have been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 83 - Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Page 99 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Page 67 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 67 - Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 170 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 86 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.