The emptiness and vanity of a life spent in the pursuit of wordly [sic] profit, ease or pleasure, compared with a life wholly employed in endeavouring to glorify God, and do good to mankind: illustrated in an extract of the life and death of the pious lady Elizabeth HastingsHenry Miller, 1767 - 16 pages |
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... condition in another , but truer light . Let it be fuppofed , that this fame Negotius was a painful laborious man , every day deep in variety of affairs ; that he nei- ther drank , nor debauched ; but was fober and regular in his ...
... condition in another , but truer light . Let it be fuppofed , that this fame Negotius was a painful laborious man , every day deep in variety of affairs ; that he nei- ther drank , nor debauched ; but was fober and regular in his ...
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... condition among them ; you must endeavour , by the help of grace , to put in practice the highest precepts of the gofpel : You must think , how departed fouls would live , if they were again to act the fhort part of human life , and ...
... condition among them ; you must endeavour , by the help of grace , to put in practice the highest precepts of the gofpel : You must think , how departed fouls would live , if they were again to act the fhort part of human life , and ...
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... condition ; the would ftudy their particular cafes , and put them in the way of better welfare ; fome of these were ever in her houfe , and frequently in great numbers ; and it was no neglect of her's , if any one went away unrelieved ...
... condition ; the would ftudy their particular cafes , and put them in the way of better welfare ; fome of these were ever in her houfe , and frequently in great numbers ; and it was no neglect of her's , if any one went away unrelieved ...
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... condition of our being glorified with him ; the trueft marks of adoption , and the moft fovereign medicine fent from heaven for our cure . These truths this truly pious Lady was fo well acquainted with , that fhe declared , She would ...
... condition of our being glorified with him ; the trueft marks of adoption , and the moft fovereign medicine fent from heaven for our cure . These truths this truly pious Lady was fo well acquainted with , that fhe declared , She would ...
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... true natures witnefs alfo the number of perfons of all conditions who reforted at her house , to behold the living power of religion in her , and to be benefited by her wifdom , wisdom . With fome of these she continued in heavenly ( 12 )
... true natures witnefs alfo the number of perfons of all conditions who reforted at her house , to behold the living power of religion in her , and to be benefited by her wifdom , wisdom . With fome of these she continued in heavenly ( 12 )
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Page 15 - For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour ; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus ; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Page 16 - death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn ** from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from " your evil ways; for why will ye die, O houfe " of Ifrael ?
Page 15 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 3 - What greater motive to a religious life, than the vanity, the poorness of all worldly enjoyments ? And yet who can help seeing and feeling this every day of his life ? What greater call to look towards God, than the pains, the sickness, the crosses, and vexations of this life ; and yet whose eyes and ears are not daily witnesses of them ? What miracles could...
Page 13 - Lord, what is it that I see ? Oh, the greatness of the glory that is revealed in me ! that is before me...
Page 4 - For these reasons, says he, my friends, I have left off all taverns ; the wine of those places is not good enough for me in this decay of nature. I must now be nice in what I drink. I...
Page 6 - ... of boots and spurs when he died. Now if this was really the case, I believe it would be readily granted, that a life of such business was as poor and ridiculous as any that can be invented. But it would puzzle...
Page 9 - His right hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world : for 1 was an hungred, and ye gave Me meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took Me in : naked, and ye clothed Me : I was sick, and ye visited Me : I was in prison, and ye came unto Me.
Page 16 - unto me, and be ye faved, all the ends of the *' earth: For I am God, and there is none elfe.
Page 15 - not to condemn the world, but that the. " world through him might be faved.