Lectures Delivered at Broadmead Chapel, Bristol, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1858 |
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John Foster. have acted on them ; where has been the most cause for self - abasement , and where for gratitude . And well may we take the rules by which they have judged , while we review and compare , for instance , the last two years ...
John Foster. have acted on them ; where has been the most cause for self - abasement , and where for gratitude . And well may we take the rules by which they have judged , while we review and compare , for instance , the last two years ...
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... for the painfulness of reflection may lessen from a wrong cause ; but to say it with an enlightened conscience to witness , how delightful ! To be then able to recall each particular , and to dwell on it a few moments THE NEW YEAR .
... for the painfulness of reflection may lessen from a wrong cause ; but to say it with an enlightened conscience to witness , how delightful ! To be then able to recall each particular , and to dwell on it a few moments THE NEW YEAR .
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... causes , by influences and circum- stances , independent of our will . We might call them moods ; by many serious persons they are denominated frames . They are produced by facts and events that we witness or hear of ; -by views of the ...
... causes , by influences and circum- stances , independent of our will . We might call them moods ; by many serious persons they are denominated frames . They are produced by facts and events that we witness or hear of ; -by views of the ...
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... number of cir- cumstances around him very much according to his wishes . And in addition to all this , there may be , at some particular season , some more than ordinary cause to animate the THE SELF - DISCIPLINE SUITABLE , ETC. 21.
... number of cir- cumstances around him very much according to his wishes . And in addition to all this , there may be , at some particular season , some more than ordinary cause to animate the THE SELF - DISCIPLINE SUITABLE , ETC. 21.
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John Foster. season , some more than ordinary cause to animate the plea- surable state of his mind ; —some bright smiles of what we call " good fortune , " beaming out upon him ; -some import- ant matter that was depending , decided in ...
John Foster. season , some more than ordinary cause to animate the plea- surable state of his mind ; —some bright smiles of what we call " good fortune , " beaming out upon him ; -some import- ant matter that was depending , decided in ...
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Page 211 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 370 - Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Page 271 - For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Page 146 - I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked ; 18.
Page 148 - Truths of all others the most awful and mysterious, yet being at the same time of universal interest, are too often considered as so true, that they lose all the life and efficiency of truth, and lie bed-ridden in the dormitory of the soul, side by side with the most despised and exploded errors.
Page vi - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
Page vii - Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Page viii - And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Page vi - AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ; and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground...