Lights of the world; or, Illustrations of character drawn from the records of Christian life1852 |
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Արդյունքներ 29–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... present chapter , to unfold and enforce . For not only did he die a death of violence , but his life was a continued martyr- dom . No gleams of prosperity shot over his path . It was covered , so far as man could cover it , with clouds ...
... present chapter , to unfold and enforce . For not only did he die a death of violence , but his life was a continued martyr- dom . No gleams of prosperity shot over his path . It was covered , so far as man could cover it , with clouds ...
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... present , but in an age in which , though the hollowness and the vices of Popery were being exposed , the system remained entrenched behind the power of the rulers and the prejudices of a large number of the people . Taught by the study ...
... present , but in an age in which , though the hollowness and the vices of Popery were being exposed , the system remained entrenched behind the power of the rulers and the prejudices of a large number of the people . Taught by the study ...
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... present death ; and his Spirit shall speak in you , and teach you what to answer , according to his promise . " Nerved by the faith he recommended to his brother , Tyndale shrank not from the most trying hour of all , when it arrived ...
... present death ; and his Spirit shall speak in you , and teach you what to answer , according to his promise . " Nerved by the faith he recommended to his brother , Tyndale shrank not from the most trying hour of all , when it arrived ...
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... present when he " prepared the heavens — when he set a compass upon the face of the depth : when he established the clouds above : when he strengthened the fountains of the deep when he gave to the sea his decree , that the waters ...
... present when he " prepared the heavens — when he set a compass upon the face of the depth : when he established the clouds above : when he strengthened the fountains of the deep when he gave to the sea his decree , that the waters ...
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... present- ing in his history a biographical illustration of one of the beauties of holiness , was an eminent example of what we have now ascribed to David . Scarcely any incidents of interest are related in the account of him by the well ...
... present- ing in his history a biographical illustration of one of the beauties of holiness , was an eminent example of what we have now ascribed to David . Scarcely any incidents of interest are related in the account of him by the well ...
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Lights of the World; Or, Illustrations of Character: Drawn from the Records ... John Stoughton Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
Lights of the World; Or Illustrations of Character Drawn from the Records of ... John Stoughton Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1877 |
Lights of the World; Or, Illustrations of Character: Drawn from the Records ... John Stoughton Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1876 |
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affections amidst angels Baxter beautiful Bible blessed Boyle Bunyan called character Christ Christian church cloth boards comfort dark death devotion diligence Divine duty earnest earth eminent enter eternity evil faith father fear feeling felt Fletcher's friends fulness glorious glory God's gospel grace hand happy hath heart heaven heavenly holy holy order honour inspired Jesus John Frith JOHN WILLIAM FLETCHER labour Leighton light living look Lord man's Martyn Matthew Henry ment mercy mind moral nature ness never Newton parish peace perfect piety pleasure pray prayer preached religion religious Religious Tract Society revelation rich Richard Baxter Richard Hooker Robert Boyle salvation sanctified Satan says scenes Scripture secular seek self-denial sinners Sir Matthew Hale soul speak spirit strive temper things Thomas à Kempis thou thought tion toil truth Tyndale unto victory Whitfield whole wisdom wise words zeal
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Էջ 1 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars : and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Էջ 58 - And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Էջ 71 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 149 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Էջ 38 - For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Էջ 28 - ... begin to stand and to rest himself ; if the moon should wander from her beaten way ; the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture ; the winds breathe out their last gasp ; the clouds yield no rain ; the earth be defeated of heavenly influence ; the fruits of the earth pine away as children at the withered breasts of their mother, no longer able to yield them relief; what would become of man himself, whom these things now do all serve ? See we not plainly...
Էջ 215 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Էջ 28 - Now if Nature should intermit her course, and leave altogether, though it were but for a while, the observation of her own laws ; if those principal and mother elements of the world, whereof all things in this lower world are made, should lose the , qualities which...
Էջ 101 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate ; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Էջ 250 - The God of Abraham praise, At whose supreme command From earth I rise — and seek the joys At his right hand ; I all on earth forsake, Its wisdom, fame and power, And him my only portion make, My shield and tower.