Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Lewis, of Islington; with Extracts from His Diary and Correspondence

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Ward and Company, 1853 - 396 pages
 

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Page 375 - I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all, making request with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ...
Page 67 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; .and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 138 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page v - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 186 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Page 334 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 18 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 112 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 307 - Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom, to preach the word ; to be instant in season, and out of season...
Page 39 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of GOD, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven : if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

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