A companion for the afflicted, a series of essays |
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... turn unto God with sincere humiliation , and sorrow for their past sins , and in the exercise of faith in Jesus , —a believing appro- priation of his blessed sacrifice , —an acceptance of God's mercy , as displayed in the death of his ...
... turn unto God with sincere humiliation , and sorrow for their past sins , and in the exercise of faith in Jesus , —a believing appro- priation of his blessed sacrifice , —an acceptance of God's mercy , as displayed in the death of his ...
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... turn out to your profit , and help you forward in the right way to life everlasting . " The design of affliction comprehends a variety of objects , varying according to the nature of our spiritual con- dition , and the peculiarity of ...
... turn out to your profit , and help you forward in the right way to life everlasting . " The design of affliction comprehends a variety of objects , varying according to the nature of our spiritual con- dition , and the peculiarity of ...
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... TURN AGAIN TO THE LORD . " LAM . III . , XXXIII . ALL the dispensations of God , whether agreeable or pain- ful , are beneficial or injurious according to the temper of mind in which they are received and used . Comforts , -if they ...
... TURN AGAIN TO THE LORD . " LAM . III . , XXXIII . ALL the dispensations of God , whether agreeable or pain- ful , are beneficial or injurious according to the temper of mind in which they are received and used . Comforts , -if they ...
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... turn , or to which calamity of itself will bring us . Some there are who will neither call upon God in health nor in sickness , neither acknowledge God's bounty in their prosperity , nor implore his aid in adversity . The state of such ...
... turn , or to which calamity of itself will bring us . Some there are who will neither call upon God in health nor in sickness , neither acknowledge God's bounty in their prosperity , nor implore his aid in adversity . The state of such ...
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... turns the rod into a scorpion , and transfixes more deeply the barbed arrows of sorrow . Till you wipe from your eyes the suffusion of tears you cannot see what God is doing , and while the noisy passions are clamourous , his ad ...
... turns the rod into a scorpion , and transfixes more deeply the barbed arrows of sorrow . Till you wipe from your eyes the suffusion of tears you cannot see what God is doing , and while the noisy passions are clamourous , his ad ...
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affections affliction Almighty apostle art thou atonement Barnstaple become behold blessed bliss body Bolton calamity cause character children of men christian circumstances comfort condition conscience consolation creature curse darkness Daventry death deliverance Devonport distress divine divine grace earth earthly endure enjoyment eternal evil exer exercise faith Father favour fear feel friends fulness give glory God's gospel grace gracious guilt hand happiness hath heart heaven heavenly holy honour hope infinite infirmities influence Israel Jesus Christ live look Lord ment mercy mind misery nature never objects pain patience peace perfect pleasure possession pray prayer present promises prosperity racter Redeemer rejoice religion render rience righteousness saints Salford salvation Saviour scripture shalt Sheffield shew sickness sinner sins sorrow soul Southmolton spirit strength suffering thee thine things thou thought throne tion trials tribulation trouble truth unto wisdom woes word
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Page 108 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 113 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him : For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Page 57 - Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, [as] unto a faithful Creator.
Page 251 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 196 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 44 - If ye be reproached for the name of CHRIST, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of GOD resteth upon you : on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify GOD on this behalf.
Page 203 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. The Lord of Hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Page 300 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 69 - For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool ; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Page 71 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...