Short Discourses to be Read in Families, Volume 2Oliver D. Cooke; Peter B. Gleason & Company printers, 1812 - Devotional literature |
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... reason for loving earth less , and " do I love it more ? one reason for loving heaven 66 more , and do I love it less ? " Past afflictions should also teach us not to be too much dejected or dismayed in prospect of future ones . For how ...
... reason for loving earth less , and " do I love it more ? one reason for loving heaven 66 more , and do I love it less ? " Past afflictions should also teach us not to be too much dejected or dismayed in prospect of future ones . For how ...
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... reason can we have to be proud ? It will promote charity . We shall be tender towards others , in proportion as we deal honestly , and severely with ourselves . The most effectual way to take us off from beholding the mote in our ...
... reason can we have to be proud ? It will promote charity . We shall be tender towards others , in proportion as we deal honestly , and severely with ourselves . The most effectual way to take us off from beholding the mote in our ...
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... reason from probabilities . Thus he said to the church of Ephesus , " and now behold I " go , bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem , not knowing " the things that shall befal me there . " He was now a prisoner at Rome . His trial was ...
... reason from probabilities . Thus he said to the church of Ephesus , " and now behold I " go , bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem , not knowing " the things that shall befal me there . " He was now a prisoner at Rome . His trial was ...
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... reason for thankful- " ness , than complaint . I know not what he is doing " with me but he knoweth the way that I take . " Whether the trial be removed or continued ; increas- " ed or diminished , it is with him to determine - so it ...
... reason for thankful- " ness , than complaint . I know not what he is doing " with me but he knoweth the way that I take . " Whether the trial be removed or continued ; increas- " ed or diminished , it is with him to determine - so it ...
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... reasons which induce them to do this are the following : First , because the form is comparatively easy - the difficulty lies in the power . It is an easy thing to pre- tend to be rich ; to purchase splendid apparel , and fur- niture ...
... reasons which induce them to do this are the following : First , because the form is comparatively easy - the difficulty lies in the power . It is an easy thing to pre- tend to be rich ; to purchase splendid apparel , and fur- niture ...
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Adoni-bezek afflictions Ahab appear art the guide behold believe Bezek blessed body brethren Canaan chariot of fire christian cometh comfort consider David death desire despise disciples DISCOURSE divine grace duty earth Egypt enemies enter eternal everlasting evil eyes faith Father favor fear feel fellow creatures flesh friends give glory godliness goeth gospel hand happiness hath hear heart heaven Hence holy holy spirit honor hope idolatry Israel Jesus Christ Jews king kingdom kingdom of God labor live mercy mind Nehemiah ness never Onesimus pass peace praise pray prayer promise reason receive rection rejoice religion remember render repentance rich righteous salvation says the apostle scripture Secondly seek servants shew sinner sins soul spirit suffer sure thee thine things thou art thou hast tion truth vanity vile body walk Wherefore wilt thou word yourselves
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Page 3 - Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Page 151 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 266 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 255 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 171 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 203 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 215 - And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so.
Page 246 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 183 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Page 221 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.