The Works of the Rev. J. Newton ...: With the Memoirs of the Author and General Remarks on His Life, Connections, and Character, Volum 6Hamilton, Adams & Company, 1824 |
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Pàgina 127
... christian spirit . This is what is most taking with me . Gifts are useful ; but they are mere tinsel compared with the solid gold of grace . An eminency in gifts is specious and glittering ; but unless grace is proportionable , very ...
... christian spirit . This is what is most taking with me . Gifts are useful ; but they are mere tinsel compared with the solid gold of grace . An eminency in gifts is specious and glittering ; but unless grace is proportionable , very ...
Pàgina 130
... Christian , who has learnt by sorrow- ful experience how weak he is in himself , and what powerful subtle enemies he has to grapple with , ac- quires a tenderness in dealing with bruises and broken bones , which greatly conduces to his ...
... Christian , who has learnt by sorrow- ful experience how weak he is in himself , and what powerful subtle enemies he has to grapple with , ac- quires a tenderness in dealing with bruises and broken bones , which greatly conduces to his ...
Pàgina 142
... christian calling , like many others , is easy and clear in theory , but not without much care and difficulty to be reduced to practice . Things appear quite otherwise , when felt experimentally , to what they do when only read in a ...
... christian calling , like many others , is easy and clear in theory , but not without much care and difficulty to be reduced to practice . Things appear quite otherwise , when felt experimentally , to what they do when only read in a ...
Pàgina 171
... Christian will have the highest place , and I am inclined to think , that if you and I were to travel in search of the best Chris- tian in the land , or were qualified to distinguish who deserved the title , it is more than two to one ...
... Christian will have the highest place , and I am inclined to think , that if you and I were to travel in search of the best Chris- tian in the land , or were qualified to distinguish who deserved the title , it is more than two to one ...
Pàgina 210
... christian life , that I derive more instruction from their conversation , ( though none think themselves less qualified to teach , ) than from all my books . I doubt not but you would be pleased with their simplicity . We live in much ...
... christian life , that I derive more instruction from their conversation , ( though none think themselves less qualified to teach , ) than from all my books . I doubt not but you would be pleased with their simplicity . We live in much ...
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Pàgina 471 - And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Pàgina 200 - He is able to save to the uttermost all who come unto God by Him.
Pàgina 37 - The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble ; And he knoweth them that trust in him.
Pàgina 389 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Pàgina 419 - Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith; That we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that we may be filled with all the fulness of God.
Pàgina 475 - God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires, known, and from whom no secrets are hid...
Pàgina 74 - Hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.
Pàgina 70 - Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Pàgina 234 - While others early learn to swear, And curse, and lie. and steal ; Lord, I am taught thy name to fear, And do thy holy will. Are these thy favours day by day To me above the rest ? Then let me love thee more than they, And try to serve thee best.
Pàgina viii - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.