The Art of ContentmentJ. Burns, 1841 - 174 páginas |
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Página xxxvii
... heaven . For the time that it shall be Thy will that I attend Thy service here below , Lord , shew me the way that I should walk in , that I may not live unprofit- ably before Thee . Be Thou pleased to employ me as Thy servant , though ...
... heaven . For the time that it shall be Thy will that I attend Thy service here below , Lord , shew me the way that I should walk in , that I may not live unprofit- ably before Thee . Be Thou pleased to employ me as Thy servant , though ...
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... heaven is to Canaan . 2. By doing this , he has not only secured our grand and ultimate happiness , but provided for our intermedial also . Those Christian duties which are to carry us to heaven are our refreshments , our via- ticum2 in ...
... heaven is to Canaan . 2. By doing this , he has not only secured our grand and ultimate happiness , but provided for our intermedial also . Those Christian duties which are to carry us to heaven are our refreshments , our via- ticum2 in ...
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... heaven . The heathen could say that Jupiter sent his plagues among the poorer sort of men because they were always repining ; and indeed there is so much truth in the observation , that our impatience and discontent at our present ...
... heaven . The heathen could say that Jupiter sent his plagues among the poorer sort of men because they were always repining ; and indeed there is so much truth in the observation , that our impatience and discontent at our present ...
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... heaven ! Neither are such per- sons only to look on it as a blessing in the retro- spect , as it relates to the past , but also in the pre- sent and future , —which , if they continue to employ well , does not only confirm but advance ...
... heaven ! Neither are such per- sons only to look on it as a blessing in the retro- spect , as it relates to the past , but also in the pre- sent and future , —which , if they continue to employ well , does not only confirm but advance ...
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... heaven too , but affords him yet a longer " day , if yet he will hear his voice " ( Ps . xcv . 7 ) . This long - suffering is one of the most transcendent acts of Divine goodness , and therefore the apostle rightly styles it " the ...
... heaven too , but affords him yet a longer " day , if yet he will hear his voice " ( Ps . xcv . 7 ) . This long - suffering is one of the most transcendent acts of Divine goodness , and therefore the apostle rightly styles it " the ...
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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.