The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety |
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... would not have excited our industry , which in all instances we find is whetted by intereft : and where that is otherwise FS otherwise fecur'd , men generally estimate it a part 16 The Character of Chriftian Religion , & c.Chap . 1 .
... would not have excited our industry , which in all instances we find is whetted by intereft : and where that is otherwise FS otherwise fecur'd , men generally estimate it a part 16 The Character of Chriftian Religion , & c.Chap . 1 .
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... instance wherein men conclude fo perverfely : he that fhews a man that precipice upon whofe brink he stands , that intreats , yea importunes him to retire from the danger ; nay bribes him with the greateft rewards to chuse safety , has ...
... instance wherein men conclude fo perverfely : he that fhews a man that precipice upon whofe brink he stands , that intreats , yea importunes him to retire from the danger ; nay bribes him with the greateft rewards to chuse safety , has ...
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... instances it often does the quite contrary : plunges him in farther troubles and dangers , and when all this is confider'd , we may certainly pronounce Chrifts precept of Meek- nefs , partakes as well of the Serpent as the Dove , is as ...
... instances it often does the quite contrary : plunges him in farther troubles and dangers , and when all this is confider'd , we may certainly pronounce Chrifts precept of Meek- nefs , partakes as well of the Serpent as the Dove , is as ...
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... instance the Soul must 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 ...
... instance the Soul must 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 ...
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... instances difobey'd , ' tis impoffible he fhould find any Salve , any way of Evading the Threats , they make fo directly at him : but he who can alledge for himself that he obeys in fome things , confronts that to all Objections , and ...
... instances difobey'd , ' tis impoffible he fhould find any Salve , any way of Evading the Threats , they make fo directly at him : but he who can alledge for himself that he obeys in fome things , confronts that to all Objections , and ...
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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.