The Book of Private Devotions; Containing a Collection of Early Devotions of the Reformers and Their Successors in the English Church, Ed. by E. Bickersteth - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1839 Excerpt: ... that, as day, so life passes away. Psalm cii. 11. Grant that we may ever remember the days of darkness, because they are many. Eccles. xi. 8. That the night is coming when no man can work. John ix. 4. That we may in working anticipate the darkness, lest we be cast into outer darkness. Matt. xxv. 30. That we may ever cry unto thee, abide with us, 0 Lord, for it is towards evening, and the day of our life is far spent. Luke xxiv. HELPS FOR PRAYER. Offices of God. Works of the Creator, justice. Of the Redeemer, mercy. Of the holy Ghost, holy inspiration. Titles of the Holy Ghost. Another Comforter. John xiv. 16. Unction. 1 John ii. 27. Seal. Ephesians iv. 30. Earnest. 2 Cor. v. 5. I. Plea On Thb Part Op God. The Nature of God. Because the Lord is gracious and merciful, long suffering and of great mercy, he will not always chide, neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins, neither rewarded us after our iniquities, for as the heaven is higher than the earth, so great is his mercy towards them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he set our sins from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Psalm ciii. For he is good and gentle, and of much mercy to all that call upon him. Ps. lxxxvi. 5. The Lord is good unto all, his tender mercies are over all his works. Because he delighteth in mercy. Micah vii. 18. He is a Father of mercy. 2 Cor. i. 2. He is mercy. Psalm xxxix. 18. To have mercy is his own work, to punish is his strange work. Isaiah xxviii. 21. The Name of God. Let the power of my God be magnified, as he has proclaimed, saying, The Lord is long suffering and of great mercy, pardoning iniquity and transgression. Numb. xiv. 15. The Name of the Father. I asce...
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