Letters to an Anxious Inquirer: Designed to Relieve the Difficulties of a Friend Under the Serious Impressions |
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Page iii
... heart is right in the sight of God , there is no difficulty in pla- cing out before the people the great plan of salvation , and in giving the right proportion of doctrinal statement and practical application . But when , as a blessing ...
... heart is right in the sight of God , there is no difficulty in pla- cing out before the people the great plan of salvation , and in giving the right proportion of doctrinal statement and practical application . But when , as a blessing ...
Page iv
... heart , without which no man ean see the kingdom of God ? I am agitated alternately with hopes and fears - to deceive myself is ruinous - 1 know not how to go on , to recede 1 dare not - I come to have all my perplexities resolved ...
... heart , without which no man ean see the kingdom of God ? I am agitated alternately with hopes and fears - to deceive myself is ruinous - 1 know not how to go on , to recede 1 dare not - I come to have all my perplexities resolved ...
Page vi
... heart has settled down in its acceptance of the offers of the Gospel , and who does not want his anxieties relieved , but his affections animated and increased ; and who , therefore , has time to look into the depths of Edwards ...
... heart has settled down in its acceptance of the offers of the Gospel , and who does not want his anxieties relieved , but his affections animated and increased ; and who , therefore , has time to look into the depths of Edwards ...
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... heart of the trembling sinner . " This is high praise , but we regret to say , that the last remark of the reviewer , has hitherto been frustrated by the fact that the work of Dr. H. has been published in too expensive a form to be ...
... heart of the trembling sinner . " This is high praise , but we regret to say , that the last remark of the reviewer , has hitherto been frustrated by the fact that the work of Dr. H. has been published in too expensive a form to be ...
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... heart of the sinner , and to bring in array before him the terrors of an offended God ; and yet whose whole instructions to one in this interesting state , are so vague , and so ill - defined , as to shed no light upon his path , and to ...
... heart of the sinner , and to bring in array before him the terrors of an offended God ; and yet whose whole instructions to one in this interesting state , are so vague , and so ill - defined , as to shed no light upon his path , and to ...
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Page 255 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Page 283 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 200 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 151 - And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD : for he is an holy God ; he is a jealous God ; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Page 200 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all : yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness. is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Page 156 - For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Page 203 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 272 - So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Page 206 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed: and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye (Ezek., 18: 27-32).
Page 272 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?