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... answer this question - What do we intend to do as a Church for Christ Jesus , " whom the king delighteth to honour ? " Let me answer briefly . Believe him . Christ is always very pleased with his people's faith . Beloved , confide in ...
... answer this question - What do we intend to do as a Church for Christ Jesus , " whom the king delighteth to honour ? " Let me answer briefly . Believe him . Christ is always very pleased with his people's faith . Beloved , confide in ...
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... answered that it was the manner of the Romans to trust more in their right hands than their left : but most of those champions set down in the Lord's Book of Worthies are notable as much for the defensive as for the offensive use of ...
... answered that it was the manner of the Romans to trust more in their right hands than their left : but most of those champions set down in the Lord's Book of Worthies are notable as much for the defensive as for the offensive use of ...
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... answered , " Hold thy peace till thou thyself art a father , and then we will hear thy advice . " When we meet with infirmities which have befallen some of the servants of God in their exigencies , we are ready to deride their weakness ...
... answered , " Hold thy peace till thou thyself art a father , and then we will hear thy advice . " When we meet with infirmities which have befallen some of the servants of God in their exigencies , we are ready to deride their weakness ...
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... answer , his dear little son had fallen asleep in Jesus . This question though very childlike , is far from childish , and is well worth pon- dering . May I beg thee , reader , to muse upon it , and reply to it . You are too much ...
... answer , his dear little son had fallen asleep in Jesus . This question though very childlike , is far from childish , and is well worth pon- dering . May I beg thee , reader , to muse upon it , and reply to it . You are too much ...
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... answering , until we have read him a homily on the folly of despising any of the works of the Creator ; and of forcing him to the conclusion , he would not , however , now be slow to ad- mit , that here indeed though scarcely visible to ...
... answering , until we have read him a homily on the folly of despising any of the works of the Creator ; and of forcing him to the conclusion , he would not , however , now be slow to ad- mit , that here indeed though scarcely visible to ...
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Page 276 - be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 4 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 56 - 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 55 - is a noble proof of the glorious Divinity of our Immanuel. " For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee ?" What a mercy to have a Divine Redeemer in whom to rest our confidence !
Page 429 - Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy-green, and velvet-black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 390 - Lord! and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.' And ' man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God.' And is it possible, therefore, for
Page 508 - quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession, that thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.
Page 275 - gently lead those that are with young. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
Page 114 - as every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, as
Page 101 - LORD, how are they increased that trouble me ! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. The poor broken-hearted father complains of the multitude of his enemies : and if you turn to 2 Samuel