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This volume contains Newton’s work on church history. For Newton, this begins in the timeless wisdom and goodness of God, and is revealed in the person of Christ. To understand Jesus, then, is critical for understanding ecclesiastical history. In addition to his exposition of the life of Jesus, Newton also provides a history of the church from the ascension to the end of the first century,...

NEHEMIAH XLII. The Joy of the Lord is your Strength. Chap. 8:10 1 JOY is a fruit that will not grow In nature’s barren soil; All we can boast, till Christ we know, Is vanity and toil. 2 But where the Lord has planted grace, And made his glories known, There fruits of heav’nly joy and peace Are found, and there alone. 3 A bleeding Saviour seen by faith, A sense of pard’ning love, A hope that triumphs over death, Give joys like those above. 4 To take a glimpse within the vail, To know that God is mine,
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