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... up at Pow'r's vain fhrine , Think not that Pomp and Pow'r can work on mine . ' Tis not thy Name , though that indeed is great , ' Tis not the tinfel trumpery of state , ' Tis Tis not thy Title , Doctor tho ' thou art ii DEDICATION .
... up at Pow'r's vain fhrine , Think not that Pomp and Pow'r can work on mine . ' Tis not thy Name , though that indeed is great , ' Tis not the tinfel trumpery of state , ' Tis Tis not thy Title , Doctor tho ' thou art ii DEDICATION .
Page iii
... State is a farce , Names are but empty Things , Degrees are bought , and , by mistaken kings , Titles are oft mifplac'd ; Mitres , which shine So bright in other eyes , are dull in mine , Unless set off by Virtue ; who deceives Under ...
... State is a farce , Names are but empty Things , Degrees are bought , and , by mistaken kings , Titles are oft mifplac'd ; Mitres , which shine So bright in other eyes , are dull in mine , Unless set off by Virtue ; who deceives Under ...
Page 94
... state into which at the day of Judgment , he fhall receive , and in which he shall govern his faints for ever . Of this Kingdom our Saviour speaks , faying , then shall the King say unto them on his right hand , Come ye bleffed of my ...
... state into which at the day of Judgment , he fhall receive , and in which he shall govern his faints for ever . Of this Kingdom our Saviour speaks , faying , then shall the King say unto them on his right hand , Come ye bleffed of my ...
Page 96
... state of tryal , liable to be drawn away by the deceit of the world , the flesh , and the Devil , liable to pain and forrow , to the fears of lofing what few comforts we en- joy , and to the troublesome certainty of leaving them if they ...
... state of tryal , liable to be drawn away by the deceit of the world , the flesh , and the Devil , liable to pain and forrow , to the fears of lofing what few comforts we en- joy , and to the troublesome certainty of leaving them if they ...
Page 98
... state we can have no adequate notion of , will then break forth upon us in its fullest tide of Glory , and thefe weak and frail bodies will be so much strengthned as to be able to fee God and live ; and our fouls be fo far exalted above ...
... state we can have no adequate notion of , will then break forth upon us in its fullest tide of Glory , and thefe weak and frail bodies will be so much strengthned as to be able to fee God and live ; and our fouls be fo far exalted above ...
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Page 91 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 104 - ... that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 102 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together : and a little child shall lead them.
Page 98 - O Merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word...
Page 58 - Fathers, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto...
Page 181 - God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able to bear ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it.
Page 126 - ... why then doth a living man complain, a man for the punifhment of his fins ? Laftly, let us confider the nature of the fufferings themfelves. Great part of thofe afflictions which we place to God's account, ought in good reafon to be placed to our own.
Page v - He by his great example might impart A better something, and baptize it Art ; He, all the feelings of my youth forgot, Might shew me what is taste by what is not ; By him supported with a proper pride, I...
Page 74 - PRAISE the Lord, O my foul : and all that is within me praife his holy Name.
Page 156 - not resist evil," but causes us rather, when smitten " on the right cheek, to turn the other also;" — of that mercifulness, whereby we "love our enemies, bless them that curse us, do good to them that hate us, and pray for them which despitefully use us and persecute us ;" — and of that complication of love and all holy tempers, which is exercised in suffering for righteousness