The Prisoner's Friend: The Life of Mr. James Bundy, of Bristol

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Wesleyan Conference Office, 1880 - Methodists - 139 pages
 

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Page 15 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Page 62 - Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy -^ lovingkindness : According unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Page 116 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 67 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 64 - Thou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above ; therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
Page 130 - The dead are like the stars by day ; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But, not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky : Spirits from bondage thus set free Vanish amidst immensity, Where human thought, like human sight, Fails to pursue their trackless flight.
Page 42 - Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke : then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Page 9 - O Lord, I will praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.

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