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... in the greatest calm , and what fecurity can there then be to our torn Veffel , whofe rents our continued divifions do do still keep open . Indeed our preservation must be 38 The Character of Christian Practice , & c . Chap.2 .
... in the greatest calm , and what fecurity can there then be to our torn Veffel , whofe rents our continued divifions do do still keep open . Indeed our preservation must be 38 The Character of Christian Practice , & c . Chap.2 .
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Richard Allestree. do still keep open . Indeed our preservation must be as our restoration was , the work of Omnipo- tence ; thither therefore let us addrefs with St. Peters pathetick Prayer , Save Lord or we pe- rish . O that all who ...
Richard Allestree. do still keep open . Indeed our preservation must be as our restoration was , the work of Omnipo- tence ; thither therefore let us addrefs with St. Peters pathetick Prayer , Save Lord or we pe- rish . O that all who ...
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... still conclude , that Affliction is to be chofen rather than Iniquity . AND if it be reasonable thus to refift even un- to blood ftriving against fin , if Reason blow the Trumpet , found the Alarm to this folemn War , then furely it ...
... still conclude , that Affliction is to be chofen rather than Iniquity . AND if it be reasonable thus to refift even un- to blood ftriving against fin , if Reason blow the Trumpet , found the Alarm to this folemn War , then furely it ...
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... still too Impatient to attend the ripening of his own Experience , let him make use of other mens . Let him appeal to any who has inur'd his neck to Chrifts yoak , and " ask him whether it be galling and pinching , or whether it be not ...
... still too Impatient to attend the ripening of his own Experience , let him make use of other mens . Let him appeal to any who has inur'd his neck to Chrifts yoak , and " ask him whether it be galling and pinching , or whether it be not ...
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... still the beaft is in the power of him who has fixt the line , not only to be finally led away to flaughter , but also to have the length fhortned , and be either put out of the reach , or quite removed from the view of those pleafant ...
... still the beaft is in the power of him who has fixt the line , not only to be finally led away to flaughter , but also to have the length fhortned , and be either put out of the reach , or quite removed from the view of those pleafant ...
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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.