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... worldly ends , and absolute unfitness for it ; in great ignorance of Christ ; great unconcern for the salvation of souls ; consequent sloth and remissness ; squandering a large income in sensual pleasure , and when I was something ...
... worldly ends , and absolute unfitness for it ; in great ignorance of Christ ; great unconcern for the salvation of souls ; consequent sloth and remissness ; squandering a large income in sensual pleasure , and when I was something ...
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... worldly things , as human literature and philosophy ; and that habitual deadness in divine things , which for years have been your burden , arise from the lowness of your views in real religion.- You too hastily take it for granted ...
... worldly things , as human literature and philosophy ; and that habitual deadness in divine things , which for years have been your burden , arise from the lowness of your views in real religion.- You too hastily take it for granted ...
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... worldly things , and neglecting my portion in thee . I have not made a conscience of improv- ing the talents thou gavest me for the bene- fit of others and the good of my own soul , but most shamefully and wickedly wasted my time in ...
... worldly things , and neglecting my portion in thee . I have not made a conscience of improv- ing the talents thou gavest me for the bene- fit of others and the good of my own soul , but most shamefully and wickedly wasted my time in ...
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... worldly things , and that my heart and treasure are not so much in heaven as I ima- gined . " Woe be to the idle ( Heb . good for nothing ) shepherd ! " I am a sinful creature . Lord , pardon me and pity my weakness , and make me duly ...
... worldly things , and that my heart and treasure are not so much in heaven as I ima- gined . " Woe be to the idle ( Heb . good for nothing ) shepherd ! " I am a sinful creature . Lord , pardon me and pity my weakness , and make me duly ...
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... gratitude , fidelity , and loyalty of a pure heart , it is not the cause , but the ef- fect and consequence of my salvation by him . Jan. 23 , 1765. It was evident to me that for a worldly advantage I could and would do and CONFESSIONS .
... gratitude , fidelity , and loyalty of a pure heart , it is not the cause , but the ef- fect and consequence of my salvation by him . Jan. 23 , 1765. It was evident to me that for a worldly advantage I could and would do and CONFESSIONS .
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Page 125 - ... how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Page 207 - A few hours before his death, in an address to his Father, Christ says, this is eternal life, to know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Page 150 - I was to think daily and hourly, and think of nothing else for a thousand years, but how to cleanse my heart, or root one vice out of it in my own strength, I should be no nearer to it at the end than I was at the beginning. There may be horrid pride in confessing and aggravating our sins — "That ever I should do this!
Page 23 - His sermons, though before animated by an honest zeal, were no longer mere lectures of morality, or filled only with legal condemnation. While all godliness in principle and practice was duly enforced, the enlivening display of that glorious Saviour, whose worth and excellence he had now tasted, and who was become all his salvation and all his desire, seasoned every discourse.
Page 288 - Nothing of this is new to me ; I have foreseen and am prepared for it all." I am sensible that in the disorders of the mind, as well as those of the body, discourses are not thought the most efficacious remedies ; but I am persuaded also that the malady of the soul ought to be cured by spiritual applications.
Page 251 - Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and my body to be burned, I am nothing: for I have not charity; I do not love God with all my heart.
Page 200 - I N. take thee M. to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance: and thereto I give thee my faith.
Page 152 - And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart; And turn ye not aside; for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
Page 169 - ... each other. It is the Spirit's office to convince of sin, because he only has the power; nothing that others can say, or I can think, will bring me to a true sense and feeling of it without him. Till we know sin, and feel the burden of it in some degree, we shall be blind to every thing else, in Scripture, whether of nature or grace ; we shall pray with great reserve, and never mean half of what we say. Rather than be ignorant of my sin, Lord, speak to me in pain, sickness, loss of earthly comforts,...
Page 223 - ... faith can only spring from faith, as trees and plants do from their proper seeds. The generality know better what their work is, than where to begin it. If I have faith in Christ, I shall love Him ; if I love Him, I shall keep His commandments ; if I do not keep His commandments, I do not love Him; if I do not love Him, I do not believe in Him. A believer does not do good works to be saved by them, but in love to others, from a root of faith, and because he is saved. " If ye love Me, keep My...