A friendly visit to the house of mourning [by R. Cecil].1791 |
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... PROSPECTS from this House of Sorrow , as the inhabitants of a present and future world . - Many suppose that they can best contemplate the prefent , by crowding the house of mirth ; their whole deportment , how- ever , fhews that it ...
... PROSPECTS from this House of Sorrow , as the inhabitants of a present and future world . - Many suppose that they can best contemplate the prefent , by crowding the house of mirth ; their whole deportment , how- ever , fhews that it ...
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... prospect , and our ears eagerly heard the proposal all these things will I give thee . ' Let us now hear the voice of a Friend , calling us , though in an unexpected way , to commune with our heart and be ftill ; —to know , at least in ...
... prospect , and our ears eagerly heard the proposal all these things will I give thee . ' Let us now hear the voice of a Friend , calling us , though in an unexpected way , to commune with our heart and be ftill ; —to know , at least in ...
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... prospect so awful as Eternity ! ' • · The truth is , God speaks variously and inceffantly to man respecting his prospects ; but the present seize his heart , blind his eyes , stupify his confcience , and carry him away captive . Now ...
... prospect so awful as Eternity ! ' • · The truth is , God speaks variously and inceffantly to man respecting his prospects ; but the present seize his heart , blind his eyes , stupify his confcience , and carry him away captive . Now ...
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... prospects , but early beget a falfe principle that the prefent is the only one . - You must also have obferved that ten thousand falfe maxims which daily fly through the world , take their rife from this prime falfhood . Whereas , in ...
... prospects , but early beget a falfe principle that the prefent is the only one . - You must also have obferved that ten thousand falfe maxims which daily fly through the world , take their rife from this prime falfhood . Whereas , in ...
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... Prospects before me , I must be serious . He that cannot lie , has ⚫ revealed the terrors as well as the glories of a future ftate : -he fpeaks of a worm that " " · " dieth not , and a fire that is not quenched , as well as of a ...
... Prospects before me , I must be serious . He that cannot lie , has ⚫ revealed the terrors as well as the glories of a future ftate : -he fpeaks of a worm that " " · " dieth not , and a fire that is not quenched , as well as of a ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afcend affliction affured againſt alfo alſo arife beſt bleffed bleſſed cafe called Chrift Chriſtian circumſtances comfort companion confcience confi creature darkneſs dead Dear Friend death defire diftrefs diſcovers earneſtly Eccl eſpecially eternal eyes Ezek faith Father fcarcely fcripture feel feemed fent fhall fhould filence firſt fome fons fooliſh foon forrow foul fpiritual ftand ftrength fuch fufficient Goſpel greateſt grief h Ifa hath heart heavenly himſelf houſe house of mourning inftructs inſtead itſelf Jefus John John vi juſt leaſt lofs Lord Luke Matt Matth mercy moſt muſt obferved paſs periſh Phil phyſician pleaſures preſent things promiſe propoſals proſpect proviſions reafons reſpecting ſaid ſay ſeaſons ſee ſeek ſeen ſerious ſeriouſly ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtep ſuch ſuppoſe tence thee theſe things thofe thoſe thou truft truſt underſtanding unto uſe voice weep wiſdom
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 35 - He is a path, if any be misled ; He is a robe, if any naked be ; If any chance to hunger, he is bread ; If any be a bondman, he is free ; If any be but weak, how strong is he ! To dead men life he is, to sick men health, To blind men sight, and to the needy wealth, A pleasure without loss, a treasure without stealth.
Seite 56 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Seite 56 - What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
Seite 63 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Seite 8 - Thus saith the Lord, Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, for there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border :
Seite 61 - Him who is invisible,' will perform. That invaluable record seems to say, ' Our fathers trusted in thee : they trusted, and thou didst deliver them : they trusted in thee, and were not confounded :' Ps. xxii, 4, 5. We are, indeed, called to aim and to act, and have the greatest promises annexed to the endeavour : but are as frequently reminded that ' we are not sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves,' but that ' our sufficiency is of God :
Seite 28 - How refreshing, to look from a family bereft of its companions and comforts to ' Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem...
Seite 44 - Having absolutely disclaimed all thy own works, thy own righteousness, hast thou 'submitted thyself unto the righteousness of God,' which is by faith in Christ Jesus? Art thou 'found in him, not having thy own righteousness, but the righteousness which is by faith?' And art thou, through him, 'fighting the good fight of faith, and laying hold of eternal life?
Seite 18 - Look at the deceased, and contemplate present things. His days a hand-breadth : his beauty, consumed like the moth-fretten garment : his cares and pleasures, a dream: his attainments, as the grass: which flourisheth in the morning, and in the evening is cut down and withereth : his years, a tale : his strength labour and sorrow.
Seite 64 - I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold, I am alive for ever more, amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.