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... soon find that all your attempts to be pious are but so many fits and starts . True resolution is a steady , quiet grace : we scarcely ever know its character , till we have had so many proofs of our own weakness and corrup- tion , as ...
... soon find that all your attempts to be pious are but so many fits and starts . True resolution is a steady , quiet grace : we scarcely ever know its character , till we have had so many proofs of our own weakness and corrup- tion , as ...
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... soon opened to our view . But , wherein is this dif- ferent from St. Paul's experience- " I find , then , a law , that when I would do good , evil is pre- sent with me . For to will is present with me ; but how to perform that which is ...
... soon opened to our view . But , wherein is this dif- ferent from St. Paul's experience- " I find , then , a law , that when I would do good , evil is pre- sent with me . For to will is present with me ; but how to perform that which is ...
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... Nothing can be more injudicious than such commenda- tion . As soon as a young person fancies himself noticed and admired for his serious- ness , he is immediately in the greatest danger . DIVERSITIES OF RELIGIOUS PROGRESS . 19.
... Nothing can be more injudicious than such commenda- tion . As soon as a young person fancies himself noticed and admired for his serious- ness , he is immediately in the greatest danger . DIVERSITIES OF RELIGIOUS PROGRESS . 19.
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... : Come to Jesus ! —you never can too soon come to Jesus . With this confident encouragement let me close my letter ; remaining , Yours , most affectionately , & c . ( 31 ) LETTER V. STUDY OF THE SCRIPTURES , 30 LETTER IV .
... : Come to Jesus ! —you never can too soon come to Jesus . With this confident encouragement let me close my letter ; remaining , Yours , most affectionately , & c . ( 31 ) LETTER V. STUDY OF THE SCRIPTURES , 30 LETTER IV .
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... soon in the evening , so that you may not be overtaken by unavoidable drow- siness . The Lord's Day furnishes special op- portunities , both for public and private prayer . 5. " But I have prayed , and I am none the better for my ...
... soon in the evening , so that you may not be overtaken by unavoidable drow- siness . The Lord's Day furnishes special op- portunities , both for public and private prayer . 5. " But I have prayed , and I am none the better for my ...
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Página 69 - GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright...
Página 27 - Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Página 26 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Página 69 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Página 39 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Página 70 - Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Página 70 - ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us hoth outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls ; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul, through Jesus Christ our Lord.