The Crook in the Lot: Or, A Display of the Sovereignty and Wisdom of God in the Afflictions of Men, and the Christian's Deportment Under Them |
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The Crook in the Lot: Or, a Display of the Sovereignty and Wisdom of God in ... Reginald Lane Poole,Thomas Boston No preview available - 2015 |
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2dly afflicted lot bear behave rightly believe better bling circumstances bring Canaan cause children of men Christ Christian comfort consider consideration corruption creature crook cross divide the spoil divine grace doth duty earth Eccl Egypt eternal exaltation Exod eyes faith force of reason glory God's grace hand of God hath heart heaven holy honour hopeless humble soul humble spirit humbling circumstances humiliation infinite James iv John iv lays lifting look Lord lowly Luke Matt mend mercies mighty hand mind nature never one's lot ourselves Pharpar prayer pride promise proud Prov providence Psal racter removed saints Satan sinful sinners soul spirit brought submit sure thee thereof things THOMAS BOSTON thou hast tion trial unto wait weaned whereby Wherefore wherein wisdom word xviii yoke
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Page 135 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Page 46 - He delighteth not in the strength of the horse : he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Page 146 - But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us...
Page 131 - Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Page 36 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Page 120 - And let us not be weary in well-doing ; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Page 58 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 137 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Page 62 - Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they were.
Page 110 - Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence, shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure, but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.