The Art of ContentmentJ. Burns, 1841 - 174 páginas |
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Página xxii
... darkness of heathen ignorance , there has shone forth a glimmer- ing hope of escape from present evils , by which feeble light the minds of men have been cheered and lifted up with joyful thoughts of an approaching day of deliverance ...
... darkness of heathen ignorance , there has shone forth a glimmer- ing hope of escape from present evils , by which feeble light the minds of men have been cheered and lifted up with joyful thoughts of an approaching day of deliverance ...
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... darkness which , as the Psalmist says , are " round about him " ( Ps . xviii . 11 ) . · And we can see nothing of it , but in those gleams and rays he is pleased to dart out upon us ; so that all our estimates , as to our final felicity ...
... darkness which , as the Psalmist says , are " round about him " ( Ps . xviii . 11 ) . · And we can see nothing of it , but in those gleams and rays he is pleased to dart out upon us ; so that all our estimates , as to our final felicity ...
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... darkness " ( Jer . ii . 31 ) , but has graciously dispensed to us in all our inte- rests . Yet the instances here given are only com- mon , such as relate to all , or at least the far greater part of mankind ; but what volumes might be ...
... darkness " ( Jer . ii . 31 ) , but has graciously dispensed to us in all our inte- rests . Yet the instances here given are only com- mon , such as relate to all , or at least the far greater part of mankind ; but what volumes might be ...
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... darkness : " We wrestle not only with flesh and blood , but with principalities and powers , with spi- ritual wickedness , " & c . ( Eph . vi . 12. ) So inveterate is the enmity between the serpent and the seed of the woman in general ...
... darkness : " We wrestle not only with flesh and blood , but with principalities and powers , with spi- ritual wickedness , " & c . ( Eph . vi . 12. ) So inveterate is the enmity between the serpent and the seed of the woman in general ...
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... dark adum- brations we have of it might have served to refresh and deceive the tediousness of our pilgrimage ; and therefore the most formidable calamities of this life are below all measures of comparison with this hope of our calling ...
... dark adum- brations we have of it might have served to refresh and deceive the tediousness of our pilgrimage ; and therefore the most formidable calamities of this life are below all measures of comparison with this hope of our calling ...
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Página 106 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Página 120 - Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to GOD, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted.
Página 21 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands.
Página 174 - Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea.
Página 137 - Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of •waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren...
Página 6 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Página 137 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was -not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Página 106 - I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Página 174 - Whom have I in heaven but thee : and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee ? My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Página 20 - Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.