A companion for the afflicted, a series of essays |
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... pleasure , but only for our profit . Can God then intend the infliction for evil ? Can HE take pleasure in our misery ? Can HE punish merely to pain ? Far be such a thought from our minds . An appeal to experience must in this case be ...
... pleasure , but only for our profit . Can God then intend the infliction for evil ? Can HE take pleasure in our misery ? Can HE punish merely to pain ? Far be such a thought from our minds . An appeal to experience must in this case be ...
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... pleasure in inflicting unnecessary suffering , or in making his creatures unhappy . Take a parallel case as an illustration : -conceive of a man distinguished by the utmost amiability and benevo- lence of disposition , invested with the ...
... pleasure in inflicting unnecessary suffering , or in making his creatures unhappy . Take a parallel case as an illustration : -conceive of a man distinguished by the utmost amiability and benevo- lence of disposition , invested with the ...
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... pleasure , drown the voice of God and of conscience , and cause men to walk on heedlessly " after the imagination of their own heart : " but when affliction comes upon them , the wandering mind is called home , reflection is forced upon ...
... pleasure , drown the voice of God and of conscience , and cause men to walk on heedlessly " after the imagination of their own heart : " but when affliction comes upon them , the wandering mind is called home , reflection is forced upon ...
Seite 24
... pleasure ; he be- came proverbial for wickedness , and would have gone on till he had filled up the measure of his iniquity , but God hedged up his way with thorns . " When he was in affliction , he sought the Lord his God , and humbled ...
... pleasure ; he be- came proverbial for wickedness , and would have gone on till he had filled up the measure of his iniquity , but God hedged up his way with thorns . " When he was in affliction , he sought the Lord his God , and humbled ...
Seite 53
... pleasures enlarge the desire of gratification , and one indulgence requires another . But there can be no enjoyment of God , there can be no preparation for heaven , in such a state of mind as this . It is suited only to present things ...
... pleasures enlarge the desire of gratification , and one indulgence requires another . But there can be no enjoyment of God , there can be no preparation for heaven , in such a state of mind as this . It is suited only to present things ...
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affections affliction Almighty apostle art thou atonement Barnstaple become behold blessed bliss body Bolton calamity cause character children of men christian circumstances comfort condition conscience consolation creature curse darkness Daventry death deliverance Devonport distress divine divine grace earth earthly endure enjoyment eternal evil exer exercise faith Father favour fear feel friends fulness give glory God's gospel grace gracious guilt hand happiness hath heart heaven heavenly holy honour hope infinite infirmities influence Israel Jesus Christ live look Lord ment mercy mind misery nature never objects pain patience peace perfect pleasure possession pray prayer present promises prosperity racter Redeemer rejoice religion render rience righteousness saints Salford salvation Saviour scripture shalt Sheffield shew sickness sinner sins sorrow soul Southmolton spirit strength suffering thee thine things thou thought throne tion trials tribulation trouble truth unto wisdom woes word
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 108 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Seite 113 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him : For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Seite 57 - Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, [as] unto a faithful Creator.
Seite 251 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Seite 196 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Seite 44 - If ye be reproached for the name of CHRIST, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of GOD resteth upon you : on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify GOD on this behalf.
Seite 203 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. The Lord of Hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Seite 300 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Seite 69 - For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool ; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Seite 71 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...