Our Christian Classics: Readings from the Best Divines, Volume 3James Nisbet and Company, 1858 - Christian literature, English |
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... persons otherwise very shallow , and no ways accustomed to utter such things by any standing ability of mind ; so that , if such a one should have the ill hap at any time to strike a man dead with a smart saying , it ought , in all ...
... persons otherwise very shallow , and no ways accustomed to utter such things by any standing ability of mind ; so that , if such a one should have the ill hap at any time to strike a man dead with a smart saying , it ought , in all ...
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... person of so great a reputation , both for learning and virtue too , as the world allows Bellarmine to have been . But , when men give themselves over to the defence of wicked interests and false propositions , it is just with God to ...
... person of so great a reputation , both for learning and virtue too , as the world allows Bellarmine to have been . But , when men give themselves over to the defence of wicked interests and false propositions , it is just with God to ...
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... person and character of the sufferer , and their connexion with its efficiency ; 4. To preach the doctrine of the cross as the sole foundation of hope to sinners ; 5. As the only means of spiritual renovation ; 6. As the alone medium of ...
... person and character of the sufferer , and their connexion with its efficiency ; 4. To preach the doctrine of the cross as the sole foundation of hope to sinners ; 5. As the only means of spiritual renovation ; 6. As the alone medium of ...
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... person ; there would be more art to dis- cern , than at first to draw it . The same and greater is the difference between man innocent and fallen . He is , as it were , a new kind or species ; the plague of sin has even altered his ...
... person ; there would be more art to dis- cern , than at first to draw it . The same and greater is the difference between man innocent and fallen . He is , as it were , a new kind or species ; the plague of sin has even altered his ...
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... persons as these also , as being particu- larly fitted to preach the terrifying rigours and curses of the law to obstinate , daring sinners , which is a work as absolutely necessary and of as high a consequence to the good of souls , as ...
... persons as these also , as being particu- larly fitted to preach the terrifying rigours and curses of the law to obstinate , daring sinners , which is a work as absolutely necessary and of as high a consequence to the good of souls , as ...
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Page 296 - What I've committed to His hands, Till the decisive hour. 4 Then will He own my worthless name Before His Father's face, And in the New Jerusalem Appoint my soul a place.
Page 310 - COME, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 ' ' Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be exalted thus!
Page 318 - JOY to the world ; -the Lord is come : Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth; the Saviour reigns: Let men their songs employ ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy.
Page 81 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Page 312 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand And there confess my sin.
Page 290 - Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all : 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul, In seas of heavenly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Page 404 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 273 - Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Page 7 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 319 - UNVEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb ; Take this new treasure to thy trust, And give these sacred relics room To slumber in the silent dust. 2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear Invade thy bounds ; no mortal woes Can reach the peaceful sleeper here. While angels watch the soft repose. 3 So Jesus slept ; God's dying Son...