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... angels and saints , with not my evil deeds only , but even with the sins of word and thought ? Must I stand then helpless and friendless before so many judges ? Must I be con- founded with the reproaches of so many eminent patterns of ...
... angels and saints , with not my evil deeds only , but even with the sins of word and thought ? Must I stand then helpless and friendless before so many judges ? Must I be con- founded with the reproaches of so many eminent patterns of ...
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... angels which wait continu- ally about thy throne , and execute all thy pleasure , yet could we not be qualified for any action wor- thy so vast a favour : though every limb were a tongue , yet could we not even thus sound forth thy ...
... angels which wait continu- ally about thy throne , and execute all thy pleasure , yet could we not be qualified for any action wor- thy so vast a favour : though every limb were a tongue , yet could we not even thus sound forth thy ...
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... of God , manifested in the flesh , justified in the Spirit , seen of angels , preached unto the Gentiles , believed on in the world , received up into glory . MEDITATION XIII . Thanks to God for Redemption . How THE FATHER'S LOVE . 39.
... of God , manifested in the flesh , justified in the Spirit , seen of angels , preached unto the Gentiles , believed on in the world , received up into glory . MEDITATION XIII . Thanks to God for Redemption . How THE FATHER'S LOVE . 39.
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... hausted light , with which angels long to be illumi- nated , and spend glad ages in beholding ! spring forth in my soul , and scatter the thick darkness there , that the brightness of thy love may shine ( 43 ) 66 XIV Address to the Saviour,
... hausted light , with which angels long to be illumi- nated , and spend glad ages in beholding ! spring forth in my soul , and scatter the thick darkness there , that the brightness of thy love may shine ( 43 ) 66 XIV Address to the Saviour,
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... angels . O Jerusalem , the eternal habitation of the eternal God ! mayest thou be the second object of my soul's desire , and only he be preferred before thee in my affection , who shed his blood to make me worthy of thee . Be thou the ...
... angels . O Jerusalem , the eternal habitation of the eternal God ! mayest thou be the second object of my soul's desire , and only he be preferred before thee in my affection , who shed his blood to make me worthy of thee . Be thou the ...
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Page 57 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 56 - Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 78 - Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.
Page 131 - I love God," and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Page 38 - Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name ; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Page 35 - BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our "Lord : for he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world ; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his rising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life.
Page 73 - If I climb up into heaven, Thou art there : if I go down to hell, Thou art there also.
Page 93 - For the LORD hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself: he hath longed for her. 15 This shall be my rest for ever : here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.
Page 37 - For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Page 60 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.