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... natural subjects thereof , even those legions of angels which were created in it , and are fallen from it ; what ... nature of the soul , is under the first part of this curse , if any man love not ; for he that loves not , knows not ...
... natural subjects thereof , even those legions of angels which were created in it , and are fallen from it ; what ... nature of the soul , is under the first part of this curse , if any man love not ; for he that loves not , knows not ...
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... we are the images of God ; and so we may love other men , as they are the images of us , and our nature ; yea , as " Augustine . they are the members of the same body ; for 8 [ SER . CXLVII . PREACHED AT DENMARK HOUSE .
... we are the images of God ; and so we may love other men , as they are the images of us , and our nature ; yea , as " Augustine . they are the members of the same body ; for 8 [ SER . CXLVII . PREACHED AT DENMARK HOUSE .
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... nature , and in the first vacuity , when thou wast nothing he sought thee so early as in Adam , so early as in the book of life , and when wilt thou think it a fit time to seek him ? There is an earliness which will not serve thy turn ...
... nature , and in the first vacuity , when thou wast nothing he sought thee so early as in Adam , so early as in the book of life , and when wilt thou think it a fit time to seek him ? There is an earliness which will not serve thy turn ...
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... nature of reversion ; but now , now that you are come to the approaches of death , which shall make your reversion a possession , Now is salvation nearer you than when you believed . Summarily , the text is a reason why we ought to ...
... nature of reversion ; but now , now that you are come to the approaches of death , which shall make your reversion a possession , Now is salvation nearer you than when you believed . Summarily , the text is a reason why we ought to ...
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... Natural men by passing often through the contemplation of nature have such a knowledge of God ; but the knowledge which is to salvation , is by being in God's house , in the household of the faithful , in the communion of saints , and ...
... Natural men by passing often through the contemplation of nature have such a knowledge of God ; but the knowledge which is to salvation , is by being in God's house , in the household of the faithful , in the communion of saints , and ...
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Page 554 - A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, no...
Page 548 - Others to sin, and made my sin their door .Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score ? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. I have a sin of fear, that when...
Page 5 - I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Page 118 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed then Eve. And Adam was not deceived ; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Page 87 - And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight : and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Page 43 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 448 - Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy...
Page 546 - Burn off my rusts, and my deformity, Restore thine Image, so much, by thy grace, That thou may'st know me, and I'll turn my face.
Page 555 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the center sit, Yet when the .other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run: Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun.
Page 17 - LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; defend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.