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Page 92
... she may be permitted the freedom of her vote : for thus was it formerly where the bate the most fway , and uncontrouled rule : The wifeft and beft confidering of humane , as well as divine Au- thors having eftablifht it as an undoubted ...
... she may be permitted the freedom of her vote : for thus was it formerly where the bate the most fway , and uncontrouled rule : The wifeft and beft confidering of humane , as well as divine Au- thors having eftablifht it as an undoubted ...
Page 98
... she is thus accomplisht and adorn'd ; when beautified on pur- pofe to allure the eye and take the Heart . When over and above the pofitive donation of Happiness , fhe adds a refcue and release from Mifery , and یا equally equally ...
... she is thus accomplisht and adorn'd ; when beautified on pur- pofe to allure the eye and take the Heart . When over and above the pofitive donation of Happiness , fhe adds a refcue and release from Mifery , and یا equally equally ...
Page 99
... she stands upon her guard , and fights for Vertue . If fin prefent its felf as my Protector from a temporal Calamity , Req- Son will tell me hence , that the profer is infidu ous , it expofes me to that which is infinitely worse than ...
... she stands upon her guard , and fights for Vertue . If fin prefent its felf as my Protector from a temporal Calamity , Req- Son will tell me hence , that the profer is infidu ous , it expofes me to that which is infinitely worse than ...
Page 247
... She happily made good the title Chrift gives her , Gan . 6. of his love , his dove , his undefil'd one : but when the Serpent had once got into this Para- dife , infus'd his fubtilties , and nice intricacies R 2 into Chap 9 . into mens ...
... She happily made good the title Chrift gives her , Gan . 6. of his love , his dove , his undefil'd one : but when the Serpent had once got into this Para- dife , infus'd his fubtilties , and nice intricacies R 2 into Chap 9 . into mens ...
Page 249
... all that could weild the fword of the Spirit to take it up , and engage in this Warfare . But all this while ' twas a fad Di R 3 lemma lemma to which the Church was driven ; if she Chap.9 . 249 from Difputes in general .
... all that could weild the fword of the Spirit to take it up , and engage in this Warfare . But all this while ' twas a fad Di R 3 lemma lemma to which the Church was driven ; if she Chap.9 . 249 from Difputes in general .
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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.