Practical Discourses Upon the Beatitudes ...S. Manship, 1707 |
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... Truth is , confidering the fbortnefs and uncertainty of Life , I have been lately very much of Opinion , That a Man can ne- ver live too fast , ( the Heathen will tell you Never faft enough ) nor make too much baste to do good ...
... Truth is , confidering the fbortnefs and uncertainty of Life , I have been lately very much of Opinion , That a Man can ne- ver live too fast , ( the Heathen will tell you Never faft enough ) nor make too much baste to do good ...
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... Truth is , to love God freely , we fhould love him entirely ; for , every Advance we make towards the Creature , fo much we recede from God ; for these are two con- trary Terms of Motion : And there is fo great a Contrariety between the ...
... Truth is , to love God freely , we fhould love him entirely ; for , every Advance we make towards the Creature , fo much we recede from God ; for these are two con- trary Terms of Motion : And there is fo great a Contrariety between the ...
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... Truth in that noble Saying of Hierocles , us uevov T xan , & c . The Comment . in good Man excels the wicked Man , na , p . 177 . not only in Goodness , but also in Aurea Carmi- Pleafure it felf ; for whofe fake only , the other is ...
... Truth in that noble Saying of Hierocles , us uevov T xan , & c . The Comment . in good Man excels the wicked Man , na , p . 177 . not only in Goodness , but also in Aurea Carmi- Pleafure it felf ; for whofe fake only , the other is ...
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... Truth and Notion ; but much feldomer , in Practical Maxims , and Moral Refolutions . Here , if any where , is chiefly to be found that Vain Philofophy , which we are cautioned against by the Apoftle ; Col. 2.8 . and that Tradition of ...
... Truth and Notion ; but much feldomer , in Practical Maxims , and Moral Refolutions . Here , if any where , is chiefly to be found that Vain Philofophy , which we are cautioned against by the Apoftle ; Col. 2.8 . and that Tradition of ...
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... Truth lies between them ; which I fup- pofe is , That publick Vindication of Injuries is not only lawful , but neceffary ; fo far from being against Charity , that it is a great Inftance of it , and required by it : For , with- out this ...
... Truth lies between them ; which I fup- pofe is , That publick Vindication of Injuries is not only lawful , but neceffary ; fo far from being against Charity , that it is a great Inftance of it , and required by it : For , with- out this ...
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Page 13 - But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief; ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day ; we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Page 233 - If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: If I go down to hell, thou art there also. If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there also shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 257 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Page 187 - And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 236 - And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Page 128 - Create in me a clean heart, 0 God ; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Page 159 - No Man hath feen GOD at any time ; the only begotten SON, which is in the Bofom of the FATHER, he hath declared him.
Page 233 - Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do 2.
Page 114 - Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 180 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord : and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again.