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" KNOW ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible.... "
Zelotes and Honestus Reconciled: Or, an Equal Check to Pharisaism ... - Page 193
by John Fletcher - 1775 - 406 pages
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A serious call to a devout and holy life

William Law - 1733 - 372 pages
...felfdenial and mortification. He would have given this fame account of himfelf. I therefore fo run, not a; uncertainly, fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air', but I keep under my hody, and bring it unto fubjeSior., left that by any means, when I have preach'd to others...
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An Enquiry After Happiness in Three Parts, Volume 3

Richard Lucas - 1735 - 486 pages
...St. Paul illuftrates. and explains by his own example, in the following Words : / therefore fo run, not as uncertainly ; fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into Jubjeflion. The preference given to the cares aud appetites of the...
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An abstract of the historical part of the Old Testament [by E ..., Volume 2

Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...Now, they do it to obtain a corruptible Crown, but v>e jh i NCCRX.UI>TIELE. 26. I therefore fo run, not as uncertainly : fo FIGHT I, not as one that beateth the Air : 27. But I keep under my BODY, and bring it into SUBJECTIOM : left that by any means, when I have...
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A Paraphrase with Notes, on the Acts of the Apostles, and Upon All the ...

1737 - 502 pages
...to do before-hand for mere Trial and Exercife ; but I am ajways in earnejt. z6. I therefore fo run, not as uncertainly : fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27. Bat I keep under my body, and bring it into fubjection : left that by any means when I have preached...
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Sermons on various subjects, Volume 2

Peter Browne (bp. of Cork and Ross.) - 1749 - 406 pages
...after a particular manner for running a race; and he propofes his own example; 1 therefore /o run, not as uncertainly ; fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; becaufe, as it follows, he by temperance and abftinence kept his body under, and brought it into...
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Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites ...

1765 - 410 pages
...an laft have wrought but one hour, incorruptible. 1 therefore fo run, and thou haft made them equal not as uncertainly ; fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air •. but ] keep under my body, and bring .it into fubjeflion, left that by any means when I have preached to...
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The Book of common prayer, explained by a paraphrase at the bottom of each page

1779 - 688 pages
...Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore fo run, not iis uncertainly •, fo fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but 1 keep under my body, and bring it into fubjeftion •, kit that by any means when 1 have preached...
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The Select Works of William Penn....

William Penn - 1782 - 506 pages
...they do it to obtain " a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I <e therefore fo run, as not uncertainly ; fo fight I, not " as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my " body, and bring it into fubjection ; left that by any " means, when 1 have preached to others,...
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The Works ...

John Fletcher - 1794 - 312 pages
...away, conccrningyWiA have made Jhipiureck. I Tim. i. 19. 2. Tour iniquiliss have Jepjrateit'bt.-tween you and your God. If Ixv. 12. I fo run (for an incorruptible crown) not as uncertainly : fo fight 1, not as one that beateth tjie air; but I keep my body under, '&c. left\\M<\ uy any means, I myfdf...
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Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 4

Robert Walker - 1799 - 408 pages
...and afterwards its afcenfion into glory. ry. This it was that enabled Paul to lay, " I therefore run, not as uncertainly; fo fight " I, not as one that beateth the air." Perfefeverance is not only the duty, but the privilege alio of all who fet themfelves in good earned...
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