 | John Newton - English letters - 1811 - 206 pages
...with the sum of all your complaint in the Olney Hymns, book- 1. No. 119, which was written longbefore I heard of you. As face answereth to face in a glass,...same mint. When we most feelingly say, " O wretched rnan that I am !" we may still cheerfully add, " I thank God, through Christ Jesus my Lord." There... | |
 | 1820 - 140 pages
...hand upon it ; and now I have it before me, what shall I say, unless, with Solomon, " As face answers to face in a glass, so the heart of man to man ?" I discern too much of my own prevailing frame in it, and feel within the sympathy of tender friendship.... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 484 pages
...March 8, 1770. " My heart," says David, " shows me the wickedness of the ungodly." As face answers to face in a glass ; so the heart of man to man. When a believer considers the vileness of his own heart, by nature, he does not wonder so much, that... | |
 | 1841 - 440 pages
...are enabled to speak to the hearts of those who are in trouble. How true it is that as face answers to face in a glass, so the heart of man to man. Your pieces of late I have found to be just what has suited my sad case, and I feel it ill accords with... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...whatever. Owen. " My heart," says David, " shows me the wickedness of the ungodly." As face answers to face in a glass; so the heart of man to man. When a believer considers the vileness of his own heart by nature : he does not wonder, so much, that... | |
 | Isaac Dowd Williamson - Christianity - 1836 - 264 pages
...every trace of the past, you will find no exceptions. I know not indeed how others may feel, but " as face answereth to face in a glass, so the heart of man to man," and judging from my own experience and the operations of my own mind, I conclude that it is even so... | |
 | Christian life - 1837 - 428 pages
...myself found, and still do find concerning this matter; at the same time let me say, if in so doing, as face answereth to face in a glass, so the heart of man to man ; if my views and experiences should be like yours in this matter, then when I have gone through this... | |
 | Thomas Mann - Prayer - 1840 - 282 pages
...painful and yet * Anon. proper remembrance of suitable topics of public lamentation. " As face ansvvereth to face in a glass, so the heart of man to man." It is extremely important that this part of the worship should be pursued with feelings of deep humiliation... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1841 - 234 pages
...seen it, and for this reason — I have acquainted myself with a little of the clockwork of my own; " as face answereth to face in a glass, so the heart of man to man." If, therefore, in the course of my Addresses, I should tell you of a few things that you think no one... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Thought and thinking - 1843 - 264 pages
...seen it, and for this reason— I have acquainted myself with a little of the clockwork of my own ; " as face answereth to face in a glass, so the heart of man to man.'' If, therefore, in the course of my remarks, I should tell you of a few things that you think no one... | |
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