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... once invefted , be beyond the poffibility of ill husbandry , not have it in our power to undo our felves . Now furely thefe are great and pre- cious promifes , fuch as may well fuftain the weight of that inference the Apoftle builds ...
... once invefted , be beyond the poffibility of ill husbandry , not have it in our power to undo our felves . Now furely thefe are great and pre- cious promifes , fuch as may well fuftain the weight of that inference the Apoftle builds ...
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... once conclude that their Spirits fhall vanish into the foft Air ; the inference is ve- ry obvious , Come on , let us ufe the creatures as in youth ; as we find it elegantly purfued , Wifd , 2 . But of those who acknowledged a future ...
... once conclude that their Spirits fhall vanish into the foft Air ; the inference is ve- ry obvious , Come on , let us ufe the creatures as in youth ; as we find it elegantly purfued , Wifd , 2 . But of those who acknowledged a future ...
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... once beftows and crowns his own donati- ons ; ftill giving unto him that has , till that at laft he gives himself ; and grace is Swallowed up in glory . And to affure us of this aid , he has been pleafed to oblige himself : defcends to ...
... once beftows and crowns his own donati- ons ; ftill giving unto him that has , till that at laft he gives himself ; and grace is Swallowed up in glory . And to affure us of this aid , he has been pleafed to oblige himself : defcends to ...
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... once to look abroad , the most tranfient glance will ferve to unravel all this hopeful fpecu- Tation , & fhew him thatChristendom may be as much Heathen as America : whereas ' tis ufually faid , that ill Manners produce good Laws , we ...
... once to look abroad , the most tranfient glance will ferve to unravel all this hopeful fpecu- Tation , & fhew him thatChristendom may be as much Heathen as America : whereas ' tis ufually faid , that ill Manners produce good Laws , we ...
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... once the triumph of infant Christia- nity , that it filenc'd all the Heathen Oracles , and within a while demolish'd even the Synagogue too : but alafs its mature age gives us that ef fect in a moft inverted fenfe , it now has ferv'd to ...
... once the triumph of infant Christia- nity , that it filenc'd all the Heathen Oracles , and within a while demolish'd even the Synagogue too : but alafs its mature age gives us that ef fect in a moft inverted fenfe , it now has ferv'd to ...
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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.