Against the power of sin within us; and all its advantages and helps: for while Satan ruleth and possesseth us within, we shall never well oppose him without.
That holiness, true gospel holiness, possesseth our hearts by this doctrine it is evident, because the ground of holiness, which is the Spirit of God in us, is ministered to us by this doctrine.
What spirit possesseth thee, and holds thee back from a sincere closure with thy Saviour?
Perform the truth for the Lord of Truth, who possesseth the real truth.
Thou art a ferryman who ferriest over the stream only the man who possesseth the proper fare, whose integrity is well attested (?
Here is observed, that in all causes the first tale possesseth much; in sort, that the prejudice thereby wrought will be hardly removed, except some abuse or falsity in the information be detected.
Idle, no mother, my pulse doth beate like yours, It is not madnesse that possesseth Hamlet.
Set on toward Swinstead; to my litter straight; Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint.
Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye, And all my soul, and all my every part; And for this sin there is no remedy, It is so grounded inward in my heart.
He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest.
He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her, 15:2.
Nay; the fellow possesseth not sufficient sense to be a messenger, except it may be a message for his stomach to make his humor better," was the reply.
He is of the sort to be 'hail fellow, well met' with those roistering Spaniards, who care little for God or man, as he possesseth few scruples of his own.
Sundry more Gentlemen this little Hundred possesseth and possessioneth, as Code, who beareth A.
Basset possesseth Tehiddy, who married Godolphin, his father Coffyn : he beareth O.
Pray now tell me, which of these two are likeliest to live most like a Christian, that is, like a spiritual prince, and like him that possessethall things?
But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence, shall find good things.
Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul: but he that yieldeth to reproof, possesseth understanding.
Every one that possesseth and retaineth that which is indeed another man's, and hath acquired no just title to it himself, must make restitution.
When once men incorporate themselves into a party, it possesseth them with another spirit, even with a strange uncharitableness, injustice, cruelty, and partiality!
For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.
Her name is synonymous for all that is pure and good, her benevolence among our poorer families is proverbial, and she possesseth a strange power, the secret of which none hath ever been able to discover.
I am, therefore, bound to do service to his son, this my young lord, and all that my hand possesseth of money and munition belongeth to him nor own I aught thereof at all, at all.
Quoth Prince Ahmad to the man, "Prithee let me see the fruit thou holdest in hand, and explain to me what hidden virtue it possesseth that thou art asking for it so high a value.
Footnote 225] He calleth charity a more excellent way, because she is above all virtues: and whoever possesseth her possesseth all virtues.
Write me a deed, whereby all Masrur's houses and lands and slave-girls and whatso his right hand possesseth shall pass to Zayn al-Mawasif and become her property at such a price.
Therefore, know thou that the True One possesseth invisible worlds which human meditation is unable to comprehend and the intellect of man hath no power to imagine.
The writer here states definitely that he is dominated by the sin of self-love; itpossesseth his eye, his soul, and every part of him.
Sinne of selfe-love possesseth al mine eie And all my soule, and al my every part; And for this sinne there is no remedie, It is so grounded inward in my heart.
No other person among the mobile and immobile creatures of the three worlds possesseth or will ever possess such knowledge of weapons.
And the courtiers said, 'That person who owneth this large-eyed lady having every limb of hers endued with beauty for his wife, possesseth what is of exceeding value and hath no occasion to indulge in any grief.
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