The retrospect; or, review of providential mercies: with anecdotes of various characters, and an address to naval officers. By Aliquis, Том 21823 |
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... grace ? And are " our days , as it were , but a span long ? " Surely , then , it is our duty and privilege to improve them , and call in every auxiliary circumstance to help us to apply them to spiritual wisdom . To this end I would ...
... grace ? And are " our days , as it were , but a span long ? " Surely , then , it is our duty and privilege to improve them , and call in every auxiliary circumstance to help us to apply them to spiritual wisdom . To this end I would ...
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... grace , then it becomes a positive duty not only to record his dealings on the tablet of our memory , and be thankful , but on all proper occasions to imitate the sweet singer of Israel , who exclaimed , " Come hither all ye that fear ...
... grace , then it becomes a positive duty not only to record his dealings on the tablet of our memory , and be thankful , but on all proper occasions to imitate the sweet singer of Israel , who exclaimed , " Come hither all ye that fear ...
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... grace , arouse the dormant feelings of my soul , ever prone to cleave unto the dust ; while the latter may induce some portion of real self - abasement . -If so , my little memorials will be useful to myself , although they should not ...
... grace , arouse the dormant feelings of my soul , ever prone to cleave unto the dust ; while the latter may induce some portion of real self - abasement . -If so , my little memorials will be useful to myself , although they should not ...
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... grace shall not fail ! When my kind benefactor had left me , I sat down as unmindful of God and his providences , as though the world existed independently of him . Nay , in no one part of that day had he been in any of my thoughts ...
... grace shall not fail ! When my kind benefactor had left me , I sat down as unmindful of God and his providences , as though the world existed independently of him . Nay , in no one part of that day had he been in any of my thoughts ...
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... did not make me " meet to receive or deserve grace of congruity , " * will still appear from the sequel of my narrative . * Art . XIII . - Of Works before Justification . No. V. " THOU HAST MADE ME TO SERVE WITH 38 THE RETROSPECT .
... did not make me " meet to receive or deserve grace of congruity , " * will still appear from the sequel of my narrative . * Art . XIII . - Of Works before Justification . No. V. " THOU HAST MADE ME TO SERVE WITH 38 THE RETROSPECT .
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