Husbandry Spiritualized: Or, The Heavenly Use of Earthly Things, in which Husbandmen are Directed to an Excellent Improvement of Their Common Employments. Whereunto are Added, Occasional Meditations Upon Birds, Beasts, Trees, Flowers, Etc. Also, the Touchstone of Sincerity ; And, Extracts from A Token for MournersJ.A. Boswell, 1824 - 392 pages |
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... look after , they have much home - work , when no out - work . 16. Prop . There is a vast difference betwixt those fields which have been well husbanded and dressed by a skilful and diligent husbandman ; and those that have been long ...
... look after , they have much home - work , when no out - work . 16. Prop . There is a vast difference betwixt those fields which have been well husbanded and dressed by a skilful and diligent husbandman ; and those that have been long ...
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... look after - but the Christian more ; if we respect the extensiveness of his work , he hath a large field indeed to labor in , Psalm cxix . 96. Thy commandment is exceeding broad , of a vast extent and latitude , comprising not only a ...
... look after - but the Christian more ; if we respect the extensiveness of his work , he hath a large field indeed to labor in , Psalm cxix . 96. Thy commandment is exceeding broad , of a vast extent and latitude , comprising not only a ...
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... look how much heavenly objects transcend earthly ones , and how much the soul is more capable of delight in those objects , than the gross and duller senses are in theirs ; so much doth the pleasure arising from the duty excel all ...
... look how much heavenly objects transcend earthly ones , and how much the soul is more capable of delight in those objects , than the gross and duller senses are in theirs ; so much doth the pleasure arising from the duty excel all ...
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... look upon all as com- ing in an ordinary natural course , and see very little of God in their mercies . Pope Adrian built a college at Louvain , and caused this inscription to be written in let- ters of gold on the gates thereof ...
... look upon all as com- ing in an ordinary natural course , and see very little of God in their mercies . Pope Adrian built a college at Louvain , and caused this inscription to be written in let- ters of gold on the gates thereof ...
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... looks upon it as an obstacle and hindrance to them . May not the very heathens make me blush ? Could Aristotle de- liver this as a true rule to posterity , to make religion our first and chief care ? Could Aristippus say he would rather ...
... looks upon it as an obstacle and hindrance to them . May not the very heathens make me blush ? Could Aristotle de- liver this as a true rule to posterity , to make religion our first and chief care ? Could Aristippus say he would rather ...
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Page 335 - For the love of Christ constraineth us ; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that He died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and rose again.
Page 197 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Page 225 - My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 161 - Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of Man...
Page 368 - Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 120 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 282 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Page 123 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD...
Page 114 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 123 - And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.