Brief Memoirs of John Rix Blakely: Late Pastor of the Baptist Church, at Worstead, Norfolk

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Josiah Fletcher, 1838 - Baptists - 115 pages
 

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Page 111 - Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not ; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Page 107 - And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Page 27 - If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness : then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit : I have found a ransom.
Page 94 - God will be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless.
Page 30 - Dear dying Lamb ! Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Page 27 - For God speaketh once, yea, twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed ; then he openeth the ears of men and sealeth their instruction, that he may withdraw man from his purpose (his sinful purpose), and hide pride from man.
Page 27 - In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man ; He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
Page 90 - I want to put on my attire, Washed white in the blood of the Lamb; I want to be one of your choir, And tune my sweet harp to His name; I want, OI want to be there, Where sorrow and sin bid adieu, Your joy and your friendship to share, To wonder, and worship with you.
Page 27 - He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, And his life shall see the light.
Page 70 - I thought, how happy should I be ! I felt myself considerably affected, and frequently turned my face to the wall and wept. And many times, during the continuance of the...

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