Miscellaneous worksC. Whittingham, Dean Street, 1808 |
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... Wherein Felicity is not : Not in wealth : for herein is f1 . No satisfaction . 2. Increased expence . 3. Restlessness . 4. Want of fruition . 5. Uncertainty . 6. Necessity of leaving it . WHICH Consists not in pleasure ; for I said in ...
... Wherein Felicity is not : Not in wealth : for herein is f1 . No satisfaction . 2. Increased expence . 3. Restlessness . 4. Want of fruition . 5. Uncertainty . 6. Necessity of leaving it . WHICH Consists not in pleasure ; for I said in ...
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... Wherein Felicity is : 1. In approving ourselves . to God . From hence Life , Favour , Joy , Blessing , Preservation , Prosperity , Long Life , & c . WHEREIN then doth it consist ? Let us hear the end of all , Fear God , and keep his ...
... Wherein Felicity is : 1. In approving ourselves . to God . From hence Life , Favour , Joy , Blessing , Preservation , Prosperity , Long Life , & c . WHEREIN then doth it consist ? Let us hear the end of all , Fear God , and keep his ...
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... Wherein it consisteth . Whereby it is ruled and directed . IRTUE consists in the mean ; vice in extremes . Let thy ways be ordered aright ; Turn not to the right hand , nor to the left , but re- move thy foot from evil ; The rule ...
... Wherein it consisteth . Whereby it is ruled and directed . IRTUE consists in the mean ; vice in extremes . Let thy ways be ordered aright ; Turn not to the right hand , nor to the left , but re- move thy foot from evil ; The rule ...
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... wherein thou shalt say , I have no pleasure in them . Prov . iii . 9. iii . 10. Ec . xii . 1 . Thirdly , Obedience . He , that obeyeth me , shall dwell safely ( saith Wisdom ) and be quiet from fear of evil : SOLOMON'S DIVINE ARTS ...
... wherein thou shalt say , I have no pleasure in them . Prov . iii . 9. iii . 10. Ec . xii . 1 . Thirdly , Obedience . He , that obeyeth me , shall dwell safely ( saith Wisdom ) and be quiet from fear of evil : SOLOMON'S DIVINE ARTS ...
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... wherein ? A faith- ful witness delivereth souls : but a deceiver speaketh lies ; a virtue of no small importance : for death and life are in the hand of the tongue ; and as a man loves , he shall eat the fruit thereof , to good , or ...
... wherein ? A faith- ful witness delivereth souls : but a deceiver speaketh lies ; a virtue of no small importance : for death and life are in the hand of the tongue ; and as a man loves , he shall eat the fruit thereof , to good , or ...
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Popular passages
Page 36 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging : and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Page 37 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 15 - The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Page 12 - I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards ; I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits ; I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 55 - Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Page 110 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old ; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Page 24 - Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Page 48 - Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Page 60 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 119 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.