The Sword and the trowel; ed. by C.H. Spurgeon |
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... Holy Scripture plainly tells us , that " he shall have judgment without mercy , who hath showed no mercy , " John ii . 13. But when the judgment goes to condemn a good action , and men rush with eager haste to speak evil of another ...
... Holy Scripture plainly tells us , that " he shall have judgment without mercy , who hath showed no mercy , " John ii . 13. But when the judgment goes to condemn a good action , and men rush with eager haste to speak evil of another ...
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... holy intention , but , judg- ing from their own case , they attribute them to selfish and worldly motives ; not to any pure desire to please God , but to a wish to stand well with men . Experience gives us abundant proof of this . For ...
... holy intention , but , judg- ing from their own case , they attribute them to selfish and worldly motives ; not to any pure desire to please God , but to a wish to stand well with men . Experience gives us abundant proof of this . For ...
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... holy city had become a den of wickedness : conspirators met in the dark , and talked in little knots in the streets even in broad daylight . Meanwhile the country was being roused to revolt , and the traitors without threatened to ...
... holy city had become a den of wickedness : conspirators met in the dark , and talked in little knots in the streets even in broad daylight . Meanwhile the country was being roused to revolt , and the traitors without threatened to ...
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... holy consistency for which Christians should ever be distinguished ; two so far departed from the truth as it is in Christ as to compel us to exclude them ; and beside this , we have had very little success in our labours . " It was the ...
... holy consistency for which Christians should ever be distinguished ; two so far departed from the truth as it is in Christ as to compel us to exclude them ; and beside this , we have had very little success in our labours . " It was the ...
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... holy ancestry . For Conscience Sake . London : John F. Shaw & Co. , 48 , Paternoster Row . WE deplore the tendency in the present day to ignore the scriptural injunction , which confines the marriage of believers to those " in the Lord ...
... holy ancestry . For Conscience Sake . London : John F. Shaw & Co. , 48 , Paternoster Row . WE deplore the tendency in the present day to ignore the scriptural injunction , which confines the marriage of believers to those " in the Lord ...
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Page 69 - Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh : yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
Page 246 - Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate : but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah : for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Page 32 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 564 - 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 ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 462 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. "Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Page 200 - Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 374 - For thou, O God, hast heard my vows : thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Page 371 - HEAR my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Page 426 - Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Page 436 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.