Christian Blessedness: Or, Practical Discourses Upon the Beatitudes of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. With Three Other Volumes of Practical DiscoursesE. Parker, 1724 |
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... Vertue and Good- ness ; nay more , what ' tis to be a Chriftian , an In- teriour Chriftian , a Chriftian indeed . And I hear- tily wish that thofe whofe Orthodoxy is chiefly employed in giving out Marks and Signs of Converfion and ...
... Vertue and Good- ness ; nay more , what ' tis to be a Chriftian , an In- teriour Chriftian , a Chriftian indeed . And I hear- tily wish that thofe whofe Orthodoxy is chiefly employed in giving out Marks and Signs of Converfion and ...
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... Vertues and Ex- cellencies in the World , one wou'd have thought this of Humility leaft capable of being practifed and exemplified by the Son of God . Commend it , indeed , he might by Precept , as well as any other , but fure , one ...
... Vertues and Ex- cellencies in the World , one wou'd have thought this of Humility leaft capable of being practifed and exemplified by the Son of God . Commend it , indeed , he might by Precept , as well as any other , but fure , one ...
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... Vertue that is more her own Reward than this : Pride is the most uneafie thing in the World ; and withal , the most odious ; uneafie to the Patient , and odious to the Obferver . And , as it is uneafie in it felf , fo is it the Parent ...
... Vertue that is more her own Reward than this : Pride is the most uneafie thing in the World ; and withal , the most odious ; uneafie to the Patient , and odious to the Obferver . And , as it is uneafie in it felf , fo is it the Parent ...
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... , but even those very Vertues which are founded upon the leaft Imperfection fhall be done away . Here therefore there will be no Room left even for for Godly Sorrow ; but all fhall be Joy and Difcourfes upon the Beatitudes . 41.
... , but even those very Vertues which are founded upon the leaft Imperfection fhall be done away . Here therefore there will be no Room left even for for Godly Sorrow ; but all fhall be Joy and Difcourfes upon the Beatitudes . 41.
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... Vertues , much lefs to be fuch as where- in the Happiness of Man fhould in great part confift . Nay , they rather looked upon these as mean , fervile Difpofitions , fuch as were fit for Men of low Fortunes , and lower Minds ; and which ...
... Vertues , much lefs to be fuch as where- in the Happiness of Man fhould in great part confift . Nay , they rather looked upon these as mean , fervile Difpofitions , fuch as were fit for Men of low Fortunes , and lower Minds ; and which ...
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