The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life and sufferings, written by himself, arranged and revised by J. Pratt, Volume 8 |
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... less worth our learning , to know how to want . For , there is many a one , that wants ; but knows not how to want , and therefore his need makes him both of- fensive and miserable . There are those , that are poor and proud ; one of ...
... less worth our learning , to know how to want . For , there is many a one , that wants ; but knows not how to want , and therefore his need makes him both of- fensive and miserable . There are those , that are poor and proud ; one of ...
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... less than half those years , to have dispatched five Cæsars and five Popes * . Nay , who can assure himself of the next moment ? It is our great weakness , if we do not look upon every day as our last . Why should we think ourselves in ...
... less than half those years , to have dispatched five Cæsars and five Popes * . Nay , who can assure himself of the next moment ? It is our great weakness , if we do not look upon every day as our last . Why should we think ourselves in ...
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... less free inwardly , from the galling strokes of a self - accusing conscience : here is no remurmuring of the heart , for guilty subornations ; no checks , for the secret contrivances of public villainies ; no heart - breaking for the ...
... less free inwardly , from the galling strokes of a self - accusing conscience : here is no remurmuring of the heart , for guilty subornations ; no checks , for the secret contrivances of public villainies ; no heart - breaking for the ...
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... " Certainly , he , who hath that God , hath more than all things : he , that wants him , whatever else he seems to possess , hath less than nothing . SECT . 3 . Holy Resolutions for Contentment . ( OF CONTENTATION . 31.
... " Certainly , he , who hath that God , hath more than all things : he , that wants him , whatever else he seems to possess , hath less than nothing . SECT . 3 . Holy Resolutions for Contentment . ( OF CONTENTATION . 31.
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... less , than to have more . " Paul , " the richest poor man , " as Ambrose * well , could say , As having all things , yet possessing nothing . It is not for a Christian , to be of the dragon's temper , which , they say , is so ever ...
... less , than to have more . " Paul , " the richest poor man , " as Ambrose * well , could say , As having all things , yet possessing nothing . It is not for a Christian , to be of the dragon's temper , which , they say , is so ever ...
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Page 310 - For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the LORD, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Page 75 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 321 - Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound : that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 339 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 521 - Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Page 233 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 152 - I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Page 83 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he *which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 343 - And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father which is in heaven.
Page 195 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.