The whole duty of man. With Private devotionsFor J. Eyres, W. and J. Mount, and T. Page, 1748 |
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... heart , and confider how little it is he knows of fpiritual things , and then tell me , whether his understanding be not dark ? how much apter is he to will evil than good , and then tell me , whether his will be not crooked ? and how ...
... heart , and confider how little it is he knows of fpiritual things , and then tell me , whether his understanding be not dark ? how much apter is he to will evil than good , and then tell me , whether his will be not crooked ? and how ...
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... heart , to fee fome in these days , who profefs much of Religion , and yet live in fuch fins , as a mere Heathen would abhor ; men , that pretending to higher degrees of light and holiness , than their brethren do , yet practise ...
... heart , to fee fome in these days , who profefs much of Religion , and yet live in fuch fins , as a mere Heathen would abhor ; men , that pretending to higher degrees of light and holiness , than their brethren do , yet practise ...
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... heart , which were only to woo and in- treat him to avoid eternal mifery , and to ac- cept of eternal happiness ; let him , I fay , re- member thefe , together with those many other means God hath ufed toward him for the fame end , and ...
... heart , which were only to woo and in- treat him to avoid eternal mifery , and to ac- cept of eternal happiness ; let him , I fay , re- member thefe , together with those many other means God hath ufed toward him for the fame end , and ...
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... heart would be with him . Nay , farther yet , it is too plain that many of us fet fo little value on this enjoying of God , that we prefer the vileft and basest fins before him , and chufe to enjoy them , though by it we utterly lose ...
... heart would be with him . Nay , farther yet , it is too plain that many of us fet fo little value on this enjoying of God , that we prefer the vileft and basest fins before him , and chufe to enjoy them , though by it we utterly lose ...
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... heart ; we are therefore grofly mistaken , " when we think we have played the good huf- band in faving our liberties or eftates , or lives themselves , by a Sin ; we have not faved them , but madly over - bought them , laid out our very ...
... heart ; we are therefore grofly mistaken , " when we think we have played the good huf- band in faving our liberties or eftates , or lives themselves , by a Sin ; we have not faved them , but madly over - bought them , laid out our very ...
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Page 32 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Page 31 - Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 32 - Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature...
Page 439 - Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Page 362 - So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 283 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.
Page 296 - And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Page 484 - O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me : and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling.
Page 104 - But I say unto you, Swear not at all ; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne: nor by the earth, for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.
Page 438 - Teach me thy way, O LORD, and I will walk in thy truth : O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name.