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... and they acknowledge it . O eloquent , just , and mighty death ! whom none could advise , thou hast persuaded ; what none have dared , thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered , thou only hast cast out of the world , and ...
... and they acknowledge it . O eloquent , just , and mighty death ! whom none could advise , thou hast persuaded ; what none have dared , thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered , thou only hast cast out of the world , and ...
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Page 254 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed.
Page 109 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 158 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart : who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 34 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 235 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 6 - Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none ; And for comforters, but I found none.
Page 86 - Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Page 231 - Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in. the prophets : Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 241 - O Lord, I will praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Page 66 - And He said, Thou canst not see My face: for there shall no man see Me, and live.