The Works of Robt: Leighton ...William Nicholson, Warner Street, 1806 - Theology |
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... continual pilot of it , sits still at the helm and guides it , yea he commands the winds and seas , and they obey him . And this serves much for the comfort of the godly , but I cannot here in- sist on it . And in Jesus Christ . ] The ...
... continual pilot of it , sits still at the helm and guides it , yea he commands the winds and seas , and they obey him . And this serves much for the comfort of the godly , but I cannot here in- sist on it . And in Jesus Christ . ] The ...
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... continual act of suf- fering , from his living in the cratch to his hanging on the cross ; yet because of the shortness of this confession , as likewise because this last act was the greatest and most remarkable of his sufferings , and ...
... continual act of suf- fering , from his living in the cratch to his hanging on the cross ; yet because of the shortness of this confession , as likewise because this last act was the greatest and most remarkable of his sufferings , and ...
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... continually and in- separably , especially if we take the degree of assur- ance somewhat high , but yet in itself it is apt to fol- low , and often in God's gracious dispensation doth follow upon that former act of believing , through ...
... continually and in- separably , especially if we take the degree of assur- ance somewhat high , but yet in itself it is apt to fol- low , and often in God's gracious dispensation doth follow upon that former act of believing , through ...
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... continual feast , but that testimony of the Spirit is a super- added taste of higher comfort out of God's own hand , as it were a piece of heaven in the soul , which he sometimes chears it withal : where he hath first given much love ...
... continual feast , but that testimony of the Spirit is a super- added taste of higher comfort out of God's own hand , as it were a piece of heaven in the soul , which he sometimes chears it withal : where he hath first given much love ...
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... continually ; when in company , and apart a man useth secret short motions of the soul to God , that may be very frequent in the day , and night , whereas men's callings , and natural necessities , and employments allow them but some ...
... continually ; when in company , and apart a man useth secret short motions of the soul to God , that may be very frequent in the day , and night , whereas men's callings , and natural necessities , and employments allow them but some ...
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Page 322 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit...
Page 251 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Page 337 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Page 70 - Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Page 191 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 126 - For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
Page 425 - LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness ; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 312 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Page 128 - I beseech* you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your breasonabl.e service.
Page 234 - If in this life only we have hope, we are of all men the most miserable.