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Pagina 6
... faith gives him an interest in God . Satan , in the mean time , opposeth with all his might ; many flaws are found in his evidences ; the truth of them all is ques- tioned , and the soul hangs in suspense as to the issue . In the midst ...
... faith gives him an interest in God . Satan , in the mean time , opposeth with all his might ; many flaws are found in his evidences ; the truth of them all is ques- tioned , and the soul hangs in suspense as to the issue . In the midst ...
Pagina 13
... faith ; and in Hebrews xi He commends the old worthies , not for their love and patience , but for their faith . Gurnall . AFFLICTION - Discipline of . As they lay copper in aquafortis before they begin to engrave it , so the Lord ...
... faith ; and in Hebrews xi He commends the old worthies , not for their love and patience , but for their faith . Gurnall . AFFLICTION - Discipline of . As they lay copper in aquafortis before they begin to engrave it , so the Lord ...
Pagina 37
... faith is a sure trust and confidence which a man hath in God , that , by the merits of Christ , his sins are forgiven , and he recon- ciled to the favour of God ; " and , further , that " godly men feel inwardly God's Holy Spirit ...
... faith is a sure trust and confidence which a man hath in God , that , by the merits of Christ , his sins are forgiven , and he recon- ciled to the favour of God ; " and , further , that " godly men feel inwardly God's Holy Spirit ...
Pagina 38
... faith ! faith not in the act of it , but in the confidence which accompanies , or , in the order of nature , fellows it . Our consciousness plainly dis- tinguishes between our act of faith , and the consequent persuasion which we feel ...
... faith ! faith not in the act of it , but in the confidence which accompanies , or , in the order of nature , fellows it . Our consciousness plainly dis- tinguishes between our act of faith , and the consequent persuasion which we feel ...
Pagina 55
... FAITH . Belief without faith in an intelligible sense I can understand ; though , if the truth believed be of a nature to excite to emotion and dictate action , and fail to do so , I doubt whether men in general would not call that ...
... FAITH . Belief without faith in an intelligible sense I can understand ; though , if the truth believed be of a nature to excite to emotion and dictate action , and fail to do so , I doubt whether men in general would not call that ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 327 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Pagina 187 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
Pagina 294 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Pagina 237 - 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.
Pagina 239 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Pagina 329 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me, Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Pagina 195 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Pagina 369 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted...
Pagina 195 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Pagina 267 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?