Cardiphonia Or the Utterance of the Heart, in the Course of a Real Correspondence, Volume 1

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W. Whyte, 1814
 

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Page 69 - of these calamities would be but trifling, if set in competition with what every single person that dies in sin has to expect, when the sentence of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and the glory of his power, shall be executed. What an unexpected round have my thoughts taken since I set out from the
Page 42 - This is the God whom we adore. This is he who invites us to lean upon his almighty arm, and promises to guide us with his unerring eye. He says to you, my Lord, and even to me, Fear not, I am with thee; be not dismayed, I am thy God ; I will strengthen
Page 76 - an high-priest who cannot be touched with a feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted even as we are. When I add to this, the consideration of his power, promises, and grace, and that he is exalted on purpose to pity, relieve, and save, I gather
Page 6 - exposition. One expression, in particular, has, I believe, puzzled wiser heads than mine to explain. The street of' the city was pure gold, as it were transparent
Page 154 - not having your own righteousness, which is of the law, but the righteousness which is of * God by faith," Phil. iii. 4, 7—10. For, as you tell me, you never remember a time when you were not conscious before God of great
Page 158 - the gospel-precepts were abundantly more extensive, uniform, and successful, when they were brought to say with the apostle, " I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me ; and the life I live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son
Page 49 - rock of ages for eternity: These are trees springing from a living root, and bear the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God: These only are awake, while the rest of the world are in a sleep, indulging in vain dreams, from which likewise they will shortly awake; but, O with what consternation, when they shall find themselves irrecoverably
Page 23 - We feel that we are not our own, that we are bought with a price ; and that it is our duty, our honour, and o.ur happiness, to be the servants of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To devote soul and body, every talent, power, and faculty, to the service of his cause and will; to
Page 171 - enables us to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. To those who thus believe, Christ is precious, their beloved ; they hear and know his voice; the very sound of his name gladdens their hearts, and he manifests himself to

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