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... duties , you are endeavouring to be found in Christ Jesus , not having on your own righteousness which is of the law , but that which is through the faith of Christ , the right- eousness which is of God by faith . That your joys and ...
... duties , you are endeavouring to be found in Christ Jesus , not having on your own righteousness which is of the law , but that which is through the faith of Christ , the right- eousness which is of God by faith . That your joys and ...
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... duties , and in their conversations , as make them groan , being burthened ; and cry out , O wretched man that I am , who shall deliver me from the body of this death ! When , therefore , you are heartily engaged in this war , and feel ...
... duties , and in their conversations , as make them groan , being burthened ; and cry out , O wretched man that I am , who shall deliver me from the body of this death ! When , therefore , you are heartily engaged in this war , and feel ...
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... duties ; and when you experience that it is your most ardent and impatient pursuit , to gain further victory over the imperfections of your heart and life ; and to obtain more uninterrupted communion with God , in your religious ...
... duties ; and when you experience that it is your most ardent and impatient pursuit , to gain further victory over the imperfections of your heart and life ; and to obtain more uninterrupted communion with God , in your religious ...
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... duties , as render them utterly unworthy the acceptance of an infinitely pure and holy God . He feels his heart so hard , and his affections so dead and carnal , that no- thing but an Almighty power can quicken them . He knows by ...
... duties , as render them utterly unworthy the acceptance of an infinitely pure and holy God . He feels his heart so hard , and his affections so dead and carnal , that no- thing but an Almighty power can quicken them . He knows by ...
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... duties , and enlarge their de- sires and endeavours after a conformity to the whole will of God . I must now leave this matter to your own reflec- tions ; you yourself must judge of the validity of your exceptions . Compare the picture ...
... duties , and enlarge their de- sires and endeavours after a conformity to the whole will of God . I must now leave this matter to your own reflec- tions ; you yourself must judge of the validity of your exceptions . Compare the picture ...
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Page 184 - But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 235 - And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Page 36 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 156 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 131 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of [Christ] : for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Page 40 - THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL EAT, BUT YE SHALL BE HUNGRY; BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL DRINK, BUT YE SHALL BE THIRSTY; BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL REJOICE, BUT YE SHALL BE ASHAMED; BEHOLD, MY SERVANTS SHALL SING FOR JOY OF HEART, BUT YE SHALL CRY FOR SORROW OF HEART, AND SHALL HOWL FOR VEXATION OF SPIRIT.
Page 65 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
Page 112 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about : mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of mine head : therefore my heart faileth me.
Page 234 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Page 204 - Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.