Synopsis
Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1815. Excerpt: ... "Wished of old: Therefore, we are encouraged to hope, that "thou wilt not forsake thy people, who are called by thy name, * nor suffer thine interest to be trampled on, nor thy name "profaned by those who say, Who is the Lord, that we should "obey him? Thine arm is not shortened, that thou canst not *4 save, since thine is the power; and therefore nothing is too "hard for thee. Thou hast given us ground to expect, that "thou wilt shew thy people marvellous things; and thou hast "promised, that all nations shall bow down before thee and "serve thee; and that the kingdoms of this world shall become "the kingdoms of Christ: This thou carst easily accomplish "by thine almighty power, though it be too hard for man.-- 44 Thou art never at a loss for instruments to fulfil thy plea"sure; for all things are in thy hand: Neither, indeed, dost "thou need them; for, by thy powerful word, thou canst cause "light to shine out of darkness, and revive thy work in the "midst of the years, that thy ptople may rejoice and be glad w in thy salvation. Take the work, therefore, into thine own "hand, and, thercbv, give us occasion to admire and ascribe "to thee the glory that is due to thy name." (2.) We are to consider, how we may plead for temporal or spiritual blessings, as making use of this argument, that the kingdom, power, and glory, belong to God; accordingly, we prav, that he would give us that portion of the good things of life, that he sees necessary f or us, and that we may enjoy his blessing with it, in order to our being prepared for a better, q. d. " Give us daily bread; for the earth is thine, and the "fulness thereof: Thou hast subdued us to thyself, and hast "told us, that thou wilt surely do us good, and bring us, at *4 last, to thy heavenly kingdom: Therefore we humbly wait "upon thee,...
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