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... Scripture is manifestly against him . It speaks decisively that sin is an evil and a bitter thing . It tells the ungodly that his sin is sure to find him out , and that he must eventually lie down in sor- row , if he persist in ...
... Scripture is manifestly against him . It speaks decisively that sin is an evil and a bitter thing . It tells the ungodly that his sin is sure to find him out , and that he must eventually lie down in sor- row , if he persist in ...
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... Scripture of God's displeasure against sin , is apt to make us qualify the emphatic declaration in the text- " There is no peace , saith my God , to the wicked . " For here , with our own eyes , we see peace or something very like it ...
... Scripture of God's displeasure against sin , is apt to make us qualify the emphatic declaration in the text- " There is no peace , saith my God , to the wicked . " For here , with our own eyes , we see peace or something very like it ...
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... Scripture , against being deceived by which we are expressly warned . God sent His servant in former times to proclaim woe to the false prophets , who said , " peace , peace , " when there was no peace . And we are told , that at the ...
... Scripture , against being deceived by which we are expressly warned . God sent His servant in former times to proclaim woe to the false prophets , who said , " peace , peace , " when there was no peace . And we are told , that at the ...
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... Scripture , remind us of one occasion of serious peril , by which our souls are beset . Surrounded , as we are , on every side , with the visible creation , demanding a conside- rable portion of our time and thought , and apt to engross ...
... Scripture , remind us of one occasion of serious peril , by which our souls are beset . Surrounded , as we are , on every side , with the visible creation , demanding a conside- rable portion of our time and thought , and apt to engross ...
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... greater disadvantages than others ; or that our trials are so unusual , that they exceed the provi- sion made for them in the scriptures , and are beyond the reach of any counsel to be proffered by 70 THE FAITHFUL AMONG THE FAITHLESS .
... greater disadvantages than others ; or that our trials are so unusual , that they exceed the provi- sion made for them in the scriptures , and are beyond the reach of any counsel to be proffered by 70 THE FAITHFUL AMONG THE FAITHLESS .
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Page 141 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent ? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? " And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb.
Page 147 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 104 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 192 - For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 308 - THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion...
Page vi - But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not...
Page 289 - Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 263 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page vi - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Page 88 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.