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... come , saith the Messiah : and in it there is righteousness , and peace , and joy in the pure Spirit of life . 2. It is the will of the King of saints that his people should enjoy the rest and peace of his gospel . He would not have ...
... come , saith the Messiah : and in it there is righteousness , and peace , and joy in the pure Spirit of life . 2. It is the will of the King of saints that his people should enjoy the rest and peace of his gospel . He would not have ...
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... comes from the living arm , to the heart which is joined to it in the light of the gospel ? Is thy labouring for life in a good degree at an end ? And dost thou feel the life and power flowing in upon thee from the free fountain ? Is ...
... comes from the living arm , to the heart which is joined to it in the light of the gospel ? Is thy labouring for life in a good degree at an end ? And dost thou feel the life and power flowing in upon thee from the free fountain ? Is ...
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... come to the knowledge of the truth ; never come to the truth as it is received and held in Jesus ; but may so get and hold the knowledge of the truth , as man in his wisdom may get and hold it from the letter . And if a man thus miss ...
... come to the knowledge of the truth ; never come to the truth as it is received and held in Jesus ; but may so get and hold the knowledge of the truth , as man in his wisdom may get and hold it from the letter . And if a man thus miss ...
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... come to walk in his path , that so I may meet with , and lie down in , the power of life and salvation which the gospel holds forth to the true believer , and which I have been long sensible of the deep want of ? Ans . Thou that wouldst ...
... come to walk in his path , that so I may meet with , and lie down in , the power of life and salvation which the gospel holds forth to the true believer , and which I have been long sensible of the deep want of ? Ans . Thou that wouldst ...
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... and life every day to every spiritual mo- tion . Thus the traveller soon comes to lose the true path , and instead thereof travels on in a road of his own wisdom's forming and se though he seems to himself to make a large progress 35.
... and life every day to every spiritual mo- tion . Thus the traveller soon comes to lose the true path , and instead thereof travels on in a road of his own wisdom's forming and se though he seems to himself to make a large progress 35.
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Page 215 - Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Page 230 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 232 - Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Page 214 - And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Page 32 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 150 - And he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, Neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, And reprove with equity for the meek of the earth...
Page 182 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication : and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 237 - and " misery " are the names of two extremes, the utmost bounds whereof we know not : it is what " eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 72 - I receive not honour from men. 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Page 121 - God ; to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that they might be called Trees of Eighteousncss, the planting of Jahveh that he might be glorified.