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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... more in the woods , than in a corner ; stones and trees will teach thee what thou shalt not hear from learned doctors . By a skilful and industrious improvement of the creature ( saith Mr. Baxter 2 THE Epistle Dedicatory,
... more in the woods , than in a corner ; stones and trees will teach thee what thou shalt not hear from learned doctors . By a skilful and industrious improvement of the creature ( saith Mr. Baxter 2 THE Epistle Dedicatory,
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... thee ; or speak to the earth , and it shall teach thee , and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee . That is , ( saith Mr. Caryl * ) the creatures teach us when we think of them : " They teach us , though not formally , yet ...
... thee ; or speak to the earth , and it shall teach thee , and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee . That is , ( saith Mr. Caryl * ) the creatures teach us when we think of them : " They teach us , though not formally , yet ...
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... thee , reader , I am not fond of any of these conceptions ; and yet I think I may modestly enough say , that the emptiest leaf in this book may serve for more and better uses , than a mere diversion , when thou canst find leisure to ...
... thee , reader , I am not fond of any of these conceptions ; and yet I think I may modestly enough say , that the emptiest leaf in this book may serve for more and better uses , than a mere diversion , when thou canst find leisure to ...
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... thee , he will certainly condemn thee . 2. Prop . Husbandmen divide and separate their own lands from other men's . They have their land - marks property is preserved , Deut . and boundaries , by which xxvii . 17. Prov . xxii . 28 ...
... thee , he will certainly condemn thee . 2. Prop . Husbandmen divide and separate their own lands from other men's . They have their land - marks property is preserved , Deut . and boundaries , by which xxvii . 17. Prov . xxii . 28 ...
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... thee in the days of my first profession . Should I have had no more communion with God in duties then , it should have broken my heart ; I should have been weary of my life . Is this a time for one to stand idle , who stands at the door ...
... thee in the days of my first profession . Should I have had no more communion with God in duties then , it should have broken my heart ; I should have been weary of my life . Is this a time for one to stand idle , who stands at the door ...
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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.