Devotional Exercises, Chiefly Designed for the Use of Families on the Sabbath, and Other Opportunities, Varying Expressions as Occasion and Circumstances Require: Selected Partly from the Episcopal Service ; with Part of an Address on Prayers ; to which is Added, a Short Abridgment of the Book of Job,&c1819 - 272 pages |
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... hope you will be convinced of the reasona- bleness of family prayer , and be induced to practice it . 2dly , If you consider that the daily practice of this duty in your families is founded in the relation you bear to God as his ...
... hope you will be convinced of the reasona- bleness of family prayer , and be induced to practice it . 2dly , If you consider that the daily practice of this duty in your families is founded in the relation you bear to God as his ...
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... hope of future happiness founded on these things will issue in shame , confu- sion and despair . These things you ought to have done , and not leave the other , justice , mercy and truth , the necessary effects of a principle of divine ...
... hope of future happiness founded on these things will issue in shame , confu- sion and despair . These things you ought to have done , and not leave the other , justice , mercy and truth , the necessary effects of a principle of divine ...
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... hope of glory . And , we beseech thee , give us that due sense of all thy mercies , that our hearts may be un- feignedly thankful , and that we may show forth thy praise , not only with our lips , but in our lives ; by devoting ...
... hope of glory . And , we beseech thee , give us that due sense of all thy mercies , that our hearts may be un- feignedly thankful , and that we may show forth thy praise , not only with our lips , but in our lives ; by devoting ...
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... Hope and Joy in God . VI . Breathings of a devout soul , on the views of divine favour . VII . Ascriptions of praise to God , adapted to beget awe and holy caution . VIII . Confession of sins , accompanied with prayer and resolution of ...
... Hope and Joy in God . VI . Breathings of a devout soul , on the views of divine favour . VII . Ascriptions of praise to God , adapted to beget awe and holy caution . VIII . Confession of sins , accompanied with prayer and resolution of ...
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... hope . 8. F. O Thou fountain of light and wis- dom , guide our feet , we beseech thee , into the path which leadeth to life eternal ; that we may finally be admitted to thine heavenly presence , where there is fulness of joy , and be ...
... hope . 8. F. O Thou fountain of light and wis- dom , guide our feet , we beseech thee , into the path which leadeth to life eternal ; that we may finally be admitted to thine heavenly presence , where there is fulness of joy , and be ...
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Page 38 - LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord ; and by thy great mercy defend us from* all perils and dangers of this night ; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Page 27 - Christ: thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Page 11 - Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father ; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.
Page 14 - THEREFoRE with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ! heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Page 14 - ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments ; that through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 81 - God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
Page 27 - To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Page 78 - Then shall the earth yield her increase ; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Page 21 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 35 - Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted, or distressed in mind, body, or estate ; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions.