The Works of Robt: Leighton ...William Nicholson, Warner Street, 1805 |
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... sufferings , it was most happy , in sincerity , and zeal , and vigour of grace . When the moon shines brightest towards the earth , it is dark heaven - wards ; and , on the contrary , when it appears not , is nearest the sun , and clear ...
... sufferings , it was most happy , in sincerity , and zeal , and vigour of grace . When the moon shines brightest towards the earth , it is dark heaven - wards ; and , on the contrary , when it appears not , is nearest the sun , and clear ...
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... sufferings men can inflict in the one balance , and the least glances of God's countenance in the other , he says ... sufferings be so small , that they are weighed down even with present comforts , and so the Christian be happy in ...
... sufferings men can inflict in the one balance , and the least glances of God's countenance in the other , he says ... sufferings be so small , that they are weighed down even with present comforts , and so the Christian be happy in ...
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... sufferings , nor of all the prosperities of this poor life , nor of any thing in it , as worthy of a thought , when that glory is named ; yea , let not this life be called life , when we mention that other life , that our Lord , by his ...
... sufferings , nor of all the prosperities of this poor life , nor of any thing in it , as worthy of a thought , when that glory is named ; yea , let not this life be called life , when we mention that other life , that our Lord , by his ...
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... sufferings , or sickness , or death come , nothing can separate it from him , this suffices ; yea , what though he may hide his face for a time , though that is the hardest of all , yet there is no separation , his children fear him for ...
... sufferings , or sickness , or death come , nothing can separate it from him , this suffices ; yea , what though he may hide his face for a time , though that is the hardest of all , yet there is no separation , his children fear him for ...
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... sufferings , do write most real and convincing apologies ; yet sometimes it is expedient , yea , necessary to add verbal defences , and to vindicate not so much themselves , as their Lord and his truth , suffering in the reproaches cast ...
... sufferings , do write most real and convincing apologies ; yet sometimes it is expedient , yea , necessary to add verbal defences , and to vindicate not so much themselves , as their Lord and his truth , suffering in the reproaches cast ...
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Page 392 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Page 365 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Page 378 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Page 371 - Behold, Thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before Thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Surely every man walketh in a vain show : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Page 77 - Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Page 257 - Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, [as] unto a faithful Creator.
Page 404 - Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 399 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, Which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; And thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Page 380 - When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth : surely every man is vanity.
Page 319 - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, 'whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.