...them the continual dew of thy blessing." And in " the second Collect at Evening Prayer" we read, " O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed, &c." Also in " a Prayer for the King's Majesty," — " and so replenish him with the grace of thy Holy...

...subjects in general. We humbly beg leave, in conclusion, to express our most earnest desire, that Almighty God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed, may vouchsafe to Your Majesty a prosperous, honourable, and peaceful reign ; that, in answer to the...

...goodness and virtue, righteousness and holiness, are not the fruits of the world ; they are the gift of God, " from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed." In the world we are appointed to the performance of our respective duties. It is a precept of our Religion,...

...hope, and fervent charity, the most humble Christian may believe that he is influenced by that being from whom " all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed." And this is our answer to the inquiry : " How could you have been inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost,...

...to any means and agencv purely human : the praise of it is wholly and exclusively due to Him alone, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed. To his influence on the human heart we must ascribe the disposition manifested by Christians of so...

...all bis strength. 0 GOD, from whom are all holy desires, righteous counsels, and just works, give to thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be disposed to keep,thy commandments, and the fear of enemies being removed, the times by thy protection...

...such a practice as this : yet this is a mistake into which even men of eminence have fallen. But HE, from whom " all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed," preserved our Brother from turning out of the narrow path he had to keep, either to the right hand...

...seriously resolve to seek His blessing upon these Hints, " from whom," as our Church expresses it, " all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed" — "that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without him, may by him be enabled to live according...

...then, in the judgment of Calvinists, fallen man is morally incapable of them except by the grace of God, ' from whom all holy desires, all good ' counsels, and all just works do proceed.'* ' The approbation of virtue, and the detestation of ' vice,' (that is, of some virtues and vices,)...

...and, without the least semblance of enthusiasm, will consider it as an emanar tion from that Being " from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed." 'These, then, appear to be some of the " peculiarities" of the Christian revelation, to which several...