A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in the Devout Discharge of that Duty. With a Few Forms of Prayer. From the Standard Edition in His Works Somewhat Abridged

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Página 158 - abstain from meats, goes on to assert, " Which God ' hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them who know and believe the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Página 140 - beware of this self-righteous spirit, which would taint all you do. " When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you," and who has done this ?—but supposing the case—" say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
Página 202 - I find my heart divided and my thoughts dissipated ; gather in all my wandering affections: may they be fixed on ONE great object; may they all be united in this single act that is before me: " That all my powers, with all their might, In thy sole glory may
Página 13 - the life of God begun in your soul. When you can feel with David, " My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is, to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary ;
Página 187 - :1, 2; and then notice how this determined zeal in seeking to promote the light and glory of the church is approved and required: " Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Página 178 - This is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Página 265 - no one, to be temperate and chaste. Let me not be slothful in business, but fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Lord, hast thou not said, When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Página 187 - For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory,
Página 163 - Jerusalem ; they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.
Página 134 - 0 God, thou art my God, early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

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