The Works of Francis Bragge, B.D. Vicar of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, and Prebendary of Lincoln: On the regulation of the passionsUniversity Press, 1833 |
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... present your Lordship , though not with a fashionable , yet I hope a useful treatise , concerning the regulation of those passions , the exorbitancy of which is the cause of all this mischief . I cannot indeed expect our wits and ...
... present your Lordship , though not with a fashionable , yet I hope a useful treatise , concerning the regulation of those passions , the exorbitancy of which is the cause of all this mischief . I cannot indeed expect our wits and ...
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... of suffering it , respectively ; and if it be present , it then causes either joy or sorrow in our fruition of the good , or feeling the misery of the evil . From these all the derivative passions do spring in all 2 Of the Regulation.
... of suffering it , respectively ; and if it be present , it then causes either joy or sorrow in our fruition of the good , or feeling the misery of the evil . From these all the derivative passions do spring in all 2 Of the Regulation.
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... present , he violently overturns the order of nature as well as religion , and with the utmost abjectness of spirit prefers the sordid enjoyments of a brute before those noble satisfactions which arise from the prac- tice of virtue ...
... present , he violently overturns the order of nature as well as religion , and with the utmost abjectness of spirit prefers the sordid enjoyments of a brute before those noble satisfactions which arise from the prac- tice of virtue ...
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... present he finds are ways of pleasantness , unspeakable satisfaction , tranquillity , and peace ; and being warmed with strong desires of enjoying that immense felicity which awaits him in those blissful regions , breathes and pants ...
... present he finds are ways of pleasantness , unspeakable satisfaction , tranquillity , and peace ; and being warmed with strong desires of enjoying that immense felicity which awaits him in those blissful regions , breathes and pants ...
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... present happiness here below , and with what tenderness his good Providence watches over us continually : and above all , in what a stupendous manner he hath contrived to make us for ever happy and glo- rious with himself when this life ...
... present happiness here below , and with what tenderness his good Providence watches over us continually : and above all , in what a stupendous manner he hath contrived to make us for ever happy and glo- rious with himself when this life ...
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Page 98 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent ; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 189 - O God, who hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass man's understanding; Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 189 - Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 215 - Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people : for in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Page 78 - LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth ; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee : Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.
Page 62 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 142 - GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright...
Page 39 - ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open, all ./~\. desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord.
Page 239 - Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 261 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.