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... greater abfurdity , that our fcene were fo shifted , that the whole defign of the enfuing difcourfe , might become one entire impertinence , and that our more eminent con- formity to the rules of our Chriftian infitution , might ...
... greater abfurdity , that our fcene were fo shifted , that the whole defign of the enfuing difcourfe , might become one entire impertinence , and that our more eminent con- formity to the rules of our Chriftian infitution , might ...
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... greater than Solomon , to teach us how to do this : for unleẞ he keep that Gi- ty the watchman waketh but in vain . If he instruct not 7 not to secure those iffues of life , they will Chap . 1. The Character of Christian Religion , & c . 3.
... greater than Solomon , to teach us how to do this : for unleẞ he keep that Gi- ty the watchman waketh but in vain . If he instruct not 7 not to secure those iffues of life , they will Chap . 1. The Character of Christian Religion , & c . 3.
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... greater obfcurity and contempt : but ' tis perma- nent , fuch as fades not away , 1 Pet . 5. 4. or in St. Pauls phrafe , an eternal weight of Glory . But to give you its more comprehenfive Character , ' tis a being with the Lord , I ...
... greater obfcurity and contempt : but ' tis perma- nent , fuch as fades not away , 1 Pet . 5. 4. or in St. Pauls phrafe , an eternal weight of Glory . But to give you its more comprehenfive Character , ' tis a being with the Lord , I ...
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... greater powers , and readier means of of fervice , which the performance actuates to greater ftrengths Chap.1 . The Character of Chriftian Religion , & c . 19.
... greater powers , and readier means of of fervice , which the performance actuates to greater ftrengths Chap.1 . The Character of Chriftian Religion , & c . 19.
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Richard Allestree. of fervice , which the performance actuates to greater ftrengths , and yet enflames to new de- fires , and more importunate purfuits , whileft God at once beftows and crowns his own donati- ons ; ftill giving unto him ...
Richard Allestree. of fervice , which the performance actuates to greater ftrengths , and yet enflames to new de- fires , and more importunate purfuits , whileft God at once beftows and crowns his own donati- ons ; ftill giving unto him ...
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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.