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... peace . But remember , that happi- ness consisteth not in knowledge ; the words of our great Lord are , " If ye know these " things , happy are ye if ye do them . " My soul seeks earnestly , that the blessing of faith- fulness may ...
... peace . But remember , that happi- ness consisteth not in knowledge ; the words of our great Lord are , " If ye know these " things , happy are ye if ye do them . " My soul seeks earnestly , that the blessing of faith- fulness may ...
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... peace and tranquilli- ty of body and mind , I conclude thine affec- tionately . LETTER IV . 2d Mo. 14th , 1756 . I NOW begin , with some degree of zeal and affection , and according to thy good re- solution and exhortation , to adhere ...
... peace and tranquilli- ty of body and mind , I conclude thine affec- tionately . LETTER IV . 2d Mo. 14th , 1756 . I NOW begin , with some degree of zeal and affection , and according to thy good re- solution and exhortation , to adhere ...
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... peace , and transmit to others examples . It is an excellent thing to be true subjects of Christ's kingdom , baptized into his nature , and therein to abide . Great has been his mercy in visiting our souls with his blessed truth , and ...
... peace , and transmit to others examples . It is an excellent thing to be true subjects of Christ's kingdom , baptized into his nature , and therein to abide . Great has been his mercy in visiting our souls with his blessed truth , and ...
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... peace , to avoid the perusal of them , as they can administer no real benefit , but on the contrary certain evil . Having thus enlarged my letter , beyond expectation , I shall only add , that as you profess no less than the blessed ...
... peace , to avoid the perusal of them , as they can administer no real benefit , but on the contrary certain evil . Having thus enlarged my letter , beyond expectation , I shall only add , that as you profess no less than the blessed ...
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... peace , which all the enjoyments of this life never did , nor never could afford ; being all as dross and dung in comparison of this transcendent enjoyment , this approbation of God . Dear children ! I believe you know the truth , but ...
... peace , which all the enjoyments of this life never did , nor never could afford ; being all as dross and dung in comparison of this transcendent enjoyment , this approbation of God . Dear children ! I believe you know the truth , but ...
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Page 182 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Page 63 - Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," these irregular and prodigious vagaries seem to bespeak a decay, and forebode, perhaps, not a very distant dissolution.
Page 137 - Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Page 146 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 241 - One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. For in the time of trouble he...
Page 18 - Many shall come from the east and west, and sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 247 - Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me...
Page 72 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 64 - And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Page 162 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.