The Mourner's Companion: With an Introductory EssayChalmers and Collins, 1825 - 384 pages |
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... labour for that which satisfieth not . And is it not obvious , from the very constitution of our nature , that in no con- ceivable way could this earthly tendency of the af- fections be so effectually arrested and counteracted , as by ...
... labour for that which satisfieth not . And is it not obvious , from the very constitution of our nature , that in no con- ceivable way could this earthly tendency of the af- fections be so effectually arrested and counteracted , as by ...
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... labours : yet then , when the endearments were greatest , and her hopes highest , even in the flower of his age , he is cut off . Thus Basil bewailed the death of his son : " I once had a son , who was a young man , my only successor ...
... labours : yet then , when the endearments were greatest , and her hopes highest , even in the flower of his age , he is cut off . Thus Basil bewailed the death of his son : " I once had a son , who was a young man , my only successor ...
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... him , and spiritual deadness seized thee ? Surely then thou hast more reason to lament thy dead heart , than thy dead friend . Divert the stream of thy troubles speedily , and labour to recover thyself out of this 61.
... him , and spiritual deadness seized thee ? Surely then thou hast more reason to lament thy dead heart , than thy dead friend . Divert the stream of thy troubles speedily , and labour to recover thyself out of this 61.
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With an Introductory Essay. speedily , and labour to recover thyself out of this temper quickly ; lest sad experience shortly tell thee , that what thou now mournest for , is but a trifle to what thou shalt mourn for hereafter . To lose ...
With an Introductory Essay. speedily , and labour to recover thyself out of this temper quickly ; lest sad experience shortly tell thee , that what thou now mournest for , is but a trifle to what thou shalt mourn for hereafter . To lose ...
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... labour to blow up our spirits at such a time into high discontent . The temptation was strong even upon David himself , to take up hard thoughts of God , and to conclude , Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain . As if he had said ...
... labour to blow up our spirits at such a time into high discontent . The temptation was strong even upon David himself , to take up hard thoughts of God , and to conclude , Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain . As if he had said ...
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Page 198 - And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, "Fear not; I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page 140 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Page 192 - 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.
Page 45 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 101 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 166 - 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 164 - For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD ; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Page 169 - I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Page 196 - Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Page 50 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me.