The Life of the Reverend Mr. James Hervey: ... To which is Added a Collection of His Letters |
Was andere dazu sagen - Rezension schreiben
Es wurden keine Rezensionen gefunden.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Life of the Reverend Mr. James Hervey: ... to Which Is Added a ... James Hervey Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
able againſt appear beſt Bible bleſſed body cauſe Christ Chriſtian church comfort coming concern continually death delight deſire director divine earth eternal everlaſting excellent faith favour firſt fociety foul frequent gave give glory grace hand happy head hear heart Heaven Hervey himſelf holy hope hour houſe humble improving JAMES laſt learning leaſt leave LETTER live look Lord MADAM manner means meeting mind moſt muſt nature never o'er obliged obſerve occaſion particular perſon poor prayer preach precious preſent Providence publiſhed reaſon received REDEEMER religion religious REVEREND ſaid ſame ſays ſee ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſoul ſpeak ſpirit ſuch tell theſe things thoſe thou thought tion turn uſed whoſe wonderful write
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 179 - Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear Him.
Seite 109 - God had enriched him with great gifts, and with great graces, and had made him humble : for he was humbled by the power of grace. He had been a very vain proud young man ; but the grace of God emptied him of pride and self, and clothed him with humility. Having put on. Christ, he had put on with him the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit ; which appeared in his great patience and resignation to the will of God.
Seite 79 - not to let his left hand know what his right hand did," and a hope that others would follow his example.
Seite 69 - ... holy and comfortable word ; for mine eyes have seen thy precious salvation ! Here, Doctor, is my cordial ! What are all the cordials given to support the dying, in comparison of that which arises from the promises of salvation by Christ ? — This, this supports me." About three o'clock, he said, " The great conflict is over. — Now all is done.
Seite 70 - When his body was conveyed to church, it was covered, by his express desire, with the poor's pall, and he was buried under the middle of the communion-table in the chancel of Weston-Favel church, on Friday, Dec.
Seite 84 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts...
Seite 167 - GOD shall come, and shall not keep silence : there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him. 4 He shall call the heaven from above : and the earth, that he may judge his people.
Seite 112 - After which, as the Doctor was taking his final leave of him, Mr Hervey expressed great gratitude for his visits, though it had been long out of the power of medicine to cure him. He then paused a little, and with great serenity and sweetness in his countenance, though the pangs of death were then on him, repeated...
Seite 58 - ... this society being to promote real holiness of heart and life: It is absolutely necessary that the persons who enter into it, do seriously resolve, by the grace of God, to apply themselves to all means proper to accomplish these blessed ends. Trusting in the divine power and gracious conduct of the Holy Spirit, through our Lord Jesus Christ, to excite, advance, and perfect all good in us.
Seite 71 - ... (rarely into more, and never exceeding three), he would speak briefly, and, at the conclusion of each head, enforce what he had said by a pertinent text of Scripture, desiring his congregation (which was generally very numerous) to turn to their Bibles, and double down that text.