Devout exercises of the heart in meditation and soliloquy, prayer and praise, review'd and publ. by I. Watts. Cookes ed

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Sida 147 - As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Sida 140 - O come, all ye that fear the Lord, and I will tell you what He has done for my soul...
Sida 15 - Let Him bless me, and I shall be blessed — blessed without reserve or limitation — blessed in my going out and coming in, in my sitting down and rising up — blessed in time, and blessed to all eternity. That blessing from Thy lips will influence the whole creation, and attend me wherever I am. It shall go before me as a leading light, and follow me as my protecting angel. When I lie down it will cover me. I shall rest beneath the shadow of the Most High, and dwell safely in the secret of His...
Sida 15 - ... I shall be blessed — blessed without reserve or limitation — blessed in my going out and coming in, in my sitting down and rising up — blessed in time, and blessed to all eternity. That blessing from Thy lips will influence the whole creation, and attend me wherever I am. It shall go before me as a leading light, and follow me as my protecting angel. When I lie down it will cover me. I shall rest beneath the shadow of the Most High, and dwell safely in the secret of His tabernacle. "Thy...
Sida 2 - ... trace thy Footsteps in Heaven and Earth, yet I cannot overtake thee; thou art before me, and I cannot reach thee, and behind me, and I perceive thee not. O thou, whom unseen, I love, by what powerful Influence dost thou attract my Soul? The Eye has not seen, nor the Ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of Man to conceive, what thou art; and yet I love thee beyond all that mine Eye has seen, or my Ear heard, beyond all that my Heart can comprehend. Thou dwellest in Heights of Glory, to...
Sida xxiv - Through the blood of the Lamb, I hope for an entire victory over the last enemy; and that, before this comes to you, I shall have reached the celestial heights; and, while you are reading these lines, I shall be adoring before the throne of God; where faith shall be turned into vision, and these languishing desires satisfied with the full fruition of immortal love.
Sida 2 - ... heights of glory, to which no human thought can soar, and yet thou art more near and intimate to my soul than any of the objects of sense. These ears have never heard thy voice, and yet I am better acquainted with thee, and can rely on thee with more confidence than on the dearest friend I have on earth. My heart cleaves to thee, O Lord, as its only refuge, and finds in thee a secret and constant spring of consolation. I speak to thee with the utmost confidence, and think thy being my greatest...
Sida xxiii - I have now done with mortal things, and all to come is vast eternity ! Eternity ! how transporting is the sound ! As long as God exists, my being and happiness are, I doubt not, secure.
Sida 24 - I am now taking hold of thy strength, that I may make peace with thee ; and entering into articles with the Almighty God. These are the happy days long since predicted, when one shall say, I am the Lord's, and another shall call himself by the name of Israel, and another shall subscribe with his hand to the Lord : and I will be their God, and they shall be my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Sida 15 - Lord; and thou dost according to thy will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth." I confess and acknowledge Thy providence. The ways of man are not at his own disposal, but all his goings are ordered by Thee; all events are in Thy hands, and Thou only canst succeed or disappoint his hopes. If Thou blow on his designs, they...

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