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... grace , give Satan an advantage which he will not be slow to seize ; they open a door for his assaults - assaults , be it remembered , which are not always the violent onset of an open foe , but more fre- quently , and more dangerously ...
... grace , give Satan an advantage which he will not be slow to seize ; they open a door for his assaults - assaults , be it remembered , which are not always the violent onset of an open foe , but more fre- quently , and more dangerously ...
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... the girdle of the strong ' ( Job xii . 21 ) . 6 " 6 a " Now sincerity may well be compared in this respect to the soldier's girdle . It is a grace that doth gird the soul with strength , and makes it mighty to do or THE GIRDLE . 39.
... the girdle of the strong ' ( Job xii . 21 ) . 6 " 6 a " Now sincerity may well be compared in this respect to the soldier's girdle . It is a grace that doth gird the soul with strength , and makes it mighty to do or THE GIRDLE . 39.
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... grace ; so much hypocrisy as is found cleaving to our graces , so much weakness . It is sincere faith , that is , the strong faith ; sincere love , that is , the mighty love . Hypocrisy is to grace as the worm is to the oak , the rust ...
... grace ; so much hypocrisy as is found cleaving to our graces , so much weakness . It is sincere faith , that is , the strong faith ; sincere love , that is , the mighty love . Hypocrisy is to grace as the worm is to the oak , the rust ...
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... grace . If they are driven from any dependence upon their own works , at least they will strive to make faith somehow the product of their own exertions . But there is a want of sincerity in all these notions ; they are mere subterfuges ...
... grace . If they are driven from any dependence upon their own works , at least they will strive to make faith somehow the product of their own exertions . But there is a want of sincerity in all these notions ; they are mere subterfuges ...
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... grace sealed and sanctioned by the blood of the Cross . To this the sinner must come at last , stripped of every form and variety of self - confidence . And until he reaches this , he will find no settled standing for his feet . If he ...
... grace sealed and sanctioned by the blood of the Cross . To this the sinner must come at last , stripped of every form and variety of self - confidence . And until he reaches this , he will find no settled standing for his feet . If he ...
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Page 160 - And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Page 81 - For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Page 7 - And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints...
Page 227 - God : praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Page 100 - We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not ; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Page 80 - Such we are, in the sight of God the Father, as is the very Son of God himself. Let it be counted folly or frenzy or fury whatsoever : it is our comfort and our wisdom. We care for no knowledge in the world but this : that Man hath sinned, and God hath suffered ; that God hath made himself the son of man, and that Men are made the Righteousness of God.
Page 253 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 135 - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 261 - Soldier, go — but not to claim Mouldering spoils of earth-born treasure, Not to build a vaunting name, Not to dwell in tents of pleasure ; Dream not that the way is smooth, Hope not that the thorns are roses ; Turn no...
Page 92 - So the apostle exhorts the same persons " to put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of their minds; and to put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness,