A friendly visit to the house of mourning [by R. Cecil].1791 |
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Արդյունքներ 6–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... follow them ” . But admitting the ftate of your departed friend to be doubtful , yet in all cafes that are really fo , let us cultivate honourable thoughts of God , as a FAITHFUL CREATOR . Righ- teousness is his throne , though clouds ...
... follow them ” . But admitting the ftate of your departed friend to be doubtful , yet in all cafes that are really fo , let us cultivate honourable thoughts of God , as a FAITHFUL CREATOR . Righ- teousness is his throne , though clouds ...
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... follow Me , and you fhall not walk in • darkness , but have the light of life . — However ⚫ dark and diftreffing ... follows it . - You can fcarcely receive counsel from infinite wisdom , or comfort from omnipotence . To every fresh ...
... follow Me , and you fhall not walk in • darkness , but have the light of life . — However ⚫ dark and diftreffing ... follows it . - You can fcarcely receive counsel from infinite wisdom , or comfort from omnipotence . To every fresh ...
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... follow a friend to his grave , that life itself exhibits lit- tle more than a funeral proceffion , where friend follows friend , -weeping to day , and wept for to morrow . While we are talking of one , another paffes - we are struck ...
... follow a friend to his grave , that life itself exhibits lit- tle more than a funeral proceffion , where friend follows friend , -weeping to day , and wept for to morrow . While we are talking of one , another paffes - we are struck ...
Էջ 50
... follow these ignes fatui : -how ⚫ much better is even the grave for my T • than the end of these things2 ? ' It is vain for me to wish , as I have done , to leave the world and go to my father that I might enquire into the whole of the ...
... follow these ignes fatui : -how ⚫ much better is even the grave for my T • than the end of these things2 ? ' It is vain for me to wish , as I have done , to leave the world and go to my father that I might enquire into the whole of the ...
Էջ 57
... love me , prepare to follow me . - If you earnestly wish to fee w Luke xix . 44 . Luke xxiii . 28 . x * Jer . viii . 7 . a 2 Tim . iv . 7 . ▾ Heb . xi . 4 . Rev. xxi . 4 . " me me again , feek not the living among the dead [ 57 ]
... love me , prepare to follow me . - If you earnestly wish to fee w Luke xix . 44 . Luke xxiii . 28 . x * Jer . viii . 7 . a 2 Tim . iv . 7 . ▾ Heb . xi . 4 . Rev. xxi . 4 . " me me again , feek not the living among the dead [ 57 ]
Common terms and phrases
afcend affliction affured againſt alfo alſo arife beſt bleffed bleſſed cafe called Chrift Chriſtian circumſtances comfort companion confcience confi creature darkneſs dead Dear Friend death defire diftrefs diſcovers earneſtly Eccl eſpecially eternal eyes Ezek faith Father fcarcely fcripture feel feemed fent fhall fhould filence firſt fome fons fooliſh foon forrow foul fpiritual ftand ftrength fuch fufficient Goſpel greateſt grief h Ifa hath heart heavenly himſelf houſe house of mourning inftructs inſtead itſelf Jefus John John vi juſt leaſt lofs Lord Luke Matt Matth mercy moſt muſt obferved paſs periſh Phil phyſician pleaſures preſent things promiſe propoſals proſpect proviſions reafons reſpecting ſaid ſay ſeaſons ſee ſeek ſeen ſerious ſeriouſly ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtep ſuch ſuppoſe tence thee theſe things thofe thoſe thou truft truſt underſtanding unto uſe voice weep wiſdom
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Էջ 35 - He is a path, if any be misled ; He is a robe, if any naked be ; If any chance to hunger, he is bread ; If any be a bondman, he is free ; If any be but weak, how strong is he ! To dead men life he is, to sick men health, To blind men sight, and to the needy wealth, A pleasure without loss, a treasure without stealth.
Էջ 56 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Էջ 56 - What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
Էջ 63 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Էջ 8 - Thus saith the Lord, Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, for there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border :
Էջ 61 - Him who is invisible,' will perform. That invaluable record seems to say, ' Our fathers trusted in thee : they trusted, and thou didst deliver them : they trusted in thee, and were not confounded :' Ps. xxii, 4, 5. We are, indeed, called to aim and to act, and have the greatest promises annexed to the endeavour : but are as frequently reminded that ' we are not sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves,' but that ' our sufficiency is of God :
Էջ 28 - How refreshing, to look from a family bereft of its companions and comforts to ' Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem...
Էջ 44 - Having absolutely disclaimed all thy own works, thy own righteousness, hast thou 'submitted thyself unto the righteousness of God,' which is by faith in Christ Jesus? Art thou 'found in him, not having thy own righteousness, but the righteousness which is by faith?' And art thou, through him, 'fighting the good fight of faith, and laying hold of eternal life?
Էջ 18 - Look at the deceased, and contemplate present things. His days a hand-breadth : his beauty, consumed like the moth-fretten garment : his cares and pleasures, a dream: his attainments, as the grass: which flourisheth in the morning, and in the evening is cut down and withereth : his years, a tale : his strength labour and sorrow.
Էջ 64 - I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, I am alive for ever more, amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.