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Richard Allestree. of our allegiance , and as if this would not serve to render us irreconcilable enough to God , we are now grown to fub- joyn malice to licentioufneßs project not fo much to please our felves , as to difpleafe him ...
Richard Allestree. of our allegiance , and as if this would not serve to render us irreconcilable enough to God , we are now grown to fub- joyn malice to licentioufneßs project not fo much to please our felves , as to difpleafe him ...
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... serves ; and from thence emancipate and free himself : and indeed every fin carries in it fo much of vifible toil , or fecret fmart , as would by force of this rule fupplant and under- mine its felf ; and fure Satan would never have arm ...
... serves ; and from thence emancipate and free himself : and indeed every fin carries in it fo much of vifible toil , or fecret fmart , as would by force of this rule fupplant and under- mine its felf ; and fure Satan would never have arm ...
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... by thefe eafie flight thoughts of God , and confider him in thofe more awful attri- butes which exact our reverence , his mercy will only . only serve to ripen us for his judgment , Chap.8 . concerning Almighty God , & c . 175.
... by thefe eafie flight thoughts of God , and confider him in thofe more awful attri- butes which exact our reverence , his mercy will only . only serve to ripen us for his judgment , Chap.8 . concerning Almighty God , & c . 175.
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Richard Allestree . only serve to ripen us for his judgment , that fmooth and gentle property in God , which to all who abuse it not is indeed the oil of gladness , will thus perverted acquire the more fatal quality of Oil , ferve only ...
Richard Allestree . only serve to ripen us for his judgment , that fmooth and gentle property in God , which to all who abuse it not is indeed the oil of gladness , will thus perverted acquire the more fatal quality of Oil , ferve only ...
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... serve to carry other mens with them , by giving credit to run in debt . There are indeed no fuch unmerciful exactors as our own Lufts , the one gleans after the other , till they induce fuch a fcarcity as the Prophet Joel defcribes 1. 4 ...
... serve to carry other mens with them , by giving credit to run in debt . There are indeed no fuch unmerciful exactors as our own Lufts , the one gleans after the other , till they induce fuch a fcarcity as the Prophet Joel defcribes 1. 4 ...
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Page 5 - 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 thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 405 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Page 10 - For, we know that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diflblved, we have a building of GOD, an houfe not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Page 236 - Let us fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of men; for they are severe and cruel judges of each other.•
Page 406 - If there be therefore any confolation in Chrift, if any comfort. of love, if any fellow/hip of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies ; fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the fame love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Page 247 - Certainly," says Bishop Fell, " the first propagators of our faith proceeded at another rate ; they well knew, that not the brain but'the heart was the proper soil of that celestial plant, and therefore did not amuse their proselytes with curious questions, but set them to the active part of their religion.