Memoirs of the Life of the Late Major-General Andrew Burn, of the Royal Marines: Collected from His Journals: with Copious Extracts from His Principal Works on Religious Subjects ...

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W. Winchester and son, 1815
 

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Página 163 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Página 178 - And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Página 178 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Página 196 - Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Página 176 - These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy : and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Página 101 - And the resplendent rivers : his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, —
Página 139 - Saviour makes ; when he tells us, that if we being evil know how to give good gifts to our children ; how much more shall our heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him, Luke xi.
Página 207 - The disorder continued unabated throughout Saturday, and, after a night of extreme suffering, he ceased coughing about nine o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 18th September. His friends saw that the symptoms of death were upon him, and he was asked if he wished to see any one in particular; he replied, with much emphasis, "Nobody, nobody, but Jesus Christ: Christ crucified is the stay of my poor soul.
Página 32 - Being who hath brought me safe to the conclusion of two wars, after five-and-twenty years' travel through dangers of every description : for I may say with the apostle on another occasion, I have been ' in deaths oft, in weariness and painfulness, in watchings, in hunger and thirst, in cold ' and heat ; and through them all, the Lord has safely led me to the present joyful hour. O that my future life may be wholly devoted to his service ! If I know any thing at all of my heart, it is sincere and...
Página 207 - ... became so violent, that all hopes of his recovery were abandoned, and he himself felt that his end was drawing nigh. The severity of the disease entirely prevented any continued attention to heavenly objects, and all the dear sufferer could do was to pray aloud for patience, and a speedy removal to his eternal rest. He at one time expressed a desire that, if it were God's will, he might die on the Sabbath morning, and spend that holy day in the worship of heaven. The disorder continued unabated...

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