9. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep thy statutes. Great peace have they which love thy law; and nothing shall offend them. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies for all my ways are before thee. I have gone astray like a lost sheep:...
8. They, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Rom. 10:3, 11. The same mistake which proved so fatal...
7. Christ is all, and in all. Col. 3:11 For a believer to receive and know Christ as his all, is the only means to live truly a life of faith; and when he has done this, it will not be hard to resign all other things. To talk much of Christ, and make frequent use...
6. All things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23. Faith is the principal thing in the Christian religion. It is the spiritual eye enlightening the mind, directing the feet, and cheering the heart; the whole turns upon it. As our faith is, so is our...
5. All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Tim. 3:12. The world hath hated them, because they are not of the world. John 17:14. The children of God do not love and please the world, and are oftentimes greatly afflicted on account of...
4. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion. When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Psalm 14:7. DIVINE ANSWER. If the Son make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36. ...
3. But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Isa. 64:8. Being only clay in thy hands, O Lord, as I must not, so I would not, resist thy workings by any means; and I pray and hope thou wilt...
2. I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction. Hos. 13:14. Christ having spoiled principalities and power, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in...
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