Extracts from the letters and writings of William Law, by M. Ashby

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Página 187 - JOHN xvii. 11. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me. REFLECTION. EVEN on the verge of the eternal world, and of its boundless prospects, the heart still
Página 201 - of exaltation and of power, throughout the boundless ages of eternity. PRAYER. The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all. Bless the Lord, all his Saints, in all places of his dominions, bless the Lord, O my soul.* Now, I see through a glass
Página 168 - Thou retainest not thine anger for ever, because thou delightest in mercy. § As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live.||
Página 201 - A SERIES OF PRAYERS FOR THE USE OF THE SICK,—ON THE SAME PLAN WITH THE PRECEDING,—BUT NOT CONFINED TO THE LANGUAGE OF SCRIPTURE. PSALM xix. 14. "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Página 213 - I come, for thou art the. Lord, my God. 0 my God, take me not away in the midst of my days,—spare me,§ that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as
Página 193 - ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.^ Guide all who have been near and dear to me by thy counsel, and afterwards receive them to glory.§ And now, O Father, I come
Página 25 - to Jerusalem—and that as he went up, he took his disciples apart by the way, and said unto them, Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed at the hands of
Página 142 - O Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,—even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest
Página 144 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants,—and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,—and establish thou the work of our hands upon us.,—yea the work of our hands establish thou
Página 82 - persuaded, that neither suffering, nor reproach, nor life, nor death, nor things present, nor things to come, shall be able to separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." But though a placid and sometimes even

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