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My Life in Christ, or Moments of Spiritual Serenity and Contemplation, of Reverent Feeling, of Earnest Self-Amendment, and of Peace in God by Sergieff, Archpriest John Iliytch (1829-1909)
My Life in Christ Part I "This is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent."--St. John xvii. 3. Thou, O God, hast opened wide to me Thy truth and Thy verity.
Felon's Maxims of the Saints by Upham, Thomas Cogswell
One great point of difference between the First Covenant, or the covenant of works, which said to men, "Do this and live," and the Second Covenant, or the covenant of grace, which says, "Believe and live," is this: —The first covenant did not lead men to anything that was perfect.
Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Orr, Charles Ebert (1861-1933)
This is a dark world of sin, error, and uncertainties. It is weak and transitory. Man, God's chief and highest work in the things of creation, is weak, ignorant, and can of himself do absolutely nothing.
Nature and Causes of Apostasy from the Gospel by Owen, John (1616-1683)
of all sorts of persons, in the prevalency of apostasy from the truth and decays in the practice of evangelical holiness. The last part of this discourse is designed for cautions unto those who yet stand, or think they stand, with respect unto that general defection from the gospel whose causes and occasions we have thus far inquired into.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
J O H N. CHAP. II. In the close of the foregoing chapter we had an account of the first disciples whom Jesus called, Andrew and Peter, Philip and Nathanael. These were the first-fruits to God and to the Lamb, Rev.
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. II by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
of the Lord be done.—Acts XXI. 14. THE history that concerns this passage begins at the 8th verse. In the whole you may take notice:— I. Of the occasion. II. Of the carriage of the saints upon it.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
P S A L M S PSALM CXIX. This is a psalm by itself, like none of the rest; it excels them all, and shines brightest in this constellation. It is much longer than any of them more than twice as long as any of them.
Theses Theologicae and An Apology for the True Christian Divinity by Barclay, Robert (1648-1690)
Of Immediate Revelation. Mat. xi. 27 Seeing no man knoweth the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son revealeth him; and seeing the revelation of the Son is in and by the Spirit; therefore the testimony of the Spirit is that alone by which the true knowledge of God hath been, is, and can be only revealed; who as, by the moving of his own Spirit,…
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler by Augustine, Saint (354-430)
The story of his student days in Carthage, his discovery of Cicero’s Hortensius, the enkindling of his philosophical interest, his infatuation with the Manichean heresy, and his mother’s dream which foretold his eventual return to the true faith and to God.
Pneumatologia by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Of gifts and offices extraordinary; and first of offices. The spiritual gifts whereof we treat respect either powers and duties in the church, or duties only. Gifts that respect powers and duties are of two sorts, or there have been, or are at any time, two sorts of such powers and duties, the first whereof was extraordinary, the latter ordinary,…