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... comfort me , PAGE 269 SERMON XXIV . On the Happiness of a Future State . [ Preached at the celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper . ] REV . vii . 9. After this I beheld , and , lo ! a great multitude , which no man could ...
... comfort me , PAGE 269 SERMON XXIV . On the Happiness of a Future State . [ Preached at the celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper . ] REV . vii . 9. After this I beheld , and , lo ! a great multitude , which no man could ...
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... comfort . Dr. Blair had been naturally of a feeble constitution of body ; but as he grew up , his constitution acquired greater firmness and vigour . Though liable to occasional attacks from some of the sharpest and most painful ...
... comfort . Dr. Blair had been naturally of a feeble constitution of body ; but as he grew up , his constitution acquired greater firmness and vigour . Though liable to occasional attacks from some of the sharpest and most painful ...
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... comforts proceeding from religion merit those high titles under which they are here figuratively described , I shall in this discourse endeavour to show . I shall for this end compare together the situation of bad men , and that of the ...
... comforts proceeding from religion merit those high titles under which they are here figuratively described , I shall in this discourse endeavour to show . I shall for this end compare together the situation of bad men , and that of the ...
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... comfort falls . Prostrate and forlorn , they are left on the ground , obliged to join with the man of Ephraim in his åbject lamentation , They have taken away my gods which I have made , and what have I more ? * - Such are the causes to ...
... comfort falls . Prostrate and forlorn , they are left on the ground , obliged to join with the man of Ephraim in his åbject lamentation , They have taken away my gods which I have made , and what have I more ? * - Such are the causes to ...
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... comforts left . His chief pleasures were always of the calm , innocent , and temperate kind ; and over these , the changes of the world have the least power . His mind is a king- dom to him ; and he can still enjoy it . The world did ...
... comforts left . His chief pleasures were always of the calm , innocent , and temperate kind ; and over these , the changes of the world have the least power . His mind is a king- dom to him ; and he can still enjoy it . The world did ...
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Page 453 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many.
Page 383 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 313 - So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God ; and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Page 259 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 313 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page iv - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 174 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 394 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Page 163 - And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh : and his brethren were content.
Page 233 - They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.