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... opinion of their being bitter and un- Javory ; and will have no appetite to return to his Onions and his Garlick after he has thus been fed with Quails and Manna . That this will be the event of this experiment there is all ground of ...
... opinion of their being bitter and un- Javory ; and will have no appetite to return to his Onions and his Garlick after he has thus been fed with Quails and Manna . That this will be the event of this experiment there is all ground of ...
Page 163
... Opinions to be both true , though in things of this abftrufe nature ' tis very poffible both may be falfe . ' Tis not my purpose to wade into those bottomlefs controverfies , which like a Gulph have fwallowed up fo much time and in ...
... Opinions to be both true , though in things of this abftrufe nature ' tis very poffible both may be falfe . ' Tis not my purpose to wade into those bottomlefs controverfies , which like a Gulph have fwallowed up fo much time and in ...
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... Opinions to be true which infer falfhood in God : And then let the second enquiry be , whether that be not too evidently the refult of those difcourfes , which fet an Oppofition between his revealed and his fecret Will , his Commands ...
... Opinions to be true which infer falfhood in God : And then let the second enquiry be , whether that be not too evidently the refult of those difcourfes , which fet an Oppofition between his revealed and his fecret Will , his Commands ...
Page 168
... Opinion of our fate be at once the Encourage- ment and Excufe of our floth , than which nothing can more evacuate the purpose and defign of our Christianity , which Divines have truly defin'd to be not a contemplative but active Science ...
... Opinion of our fate be at once the Encourage- ment and Excufe of our floth , than which nothing can more evacuate the purpose and defign of our Christianity , which Divines have truly defin'd to be not a contemplative but active Science ...
Page 170
... opinions , we do it indeed too much extend it in its real force , by rendring our felves the proper objects of it . In fhort , God who is the author of order and peace , cannot be fuppos'd to be in confufion within himself ; the di ...
... opinions , we do it indeed too much extend it in its real force , by rendring our felves the proper objects of it . In fhort , God who is the author of order and peace , cannot be fuppos'd to be in confufion within himself ; the di ...
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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.