The whole duty of man. With Private devotionsfor J. Baskett, 1721 |
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Page iii
... should wish to lose them even in that ; that is , we may lofe that happy Eftate to which they were created , and plunge them into the extremeft Mifery : In a Word , we may lose them in Hell whence there is no fetching them back , and so ...
... should wish to lose them even in that ; that is , we may lofe that happy Eftate to which they were created , and plunge them into the extremeft Mifery : In a Word , we may lose them in Hell whence there is no fetching them back , and so ...
Page vi
... should never dye , but be taken up into Heaven , there to be happy for ever : But , on the other fide , if he committed Sin , and difobeyed GOD , then both He , and all his Children after him , should lofe that Knowledge , and that ...
... should never dye , but be taken up into Heaven , there to be happy for ever : But , on the other fide , if he committed Sin , and difobeyed GOD , then both He , and all his Children after him , should lofe that Knowledge , and that ...
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... should not eat of One only Tree of that Garden wherein he had placed him . But be , by the Perfwafion of the Devil , eats of that Tree , difobeys God , and fo brings that Curfe upon himself , and all bis Pofterity . And fo , by that one ...
... should not eat of One only Tree of that Garden wherein he had placed him . But be , by the Perfwafion of the Devil , eats of that Tree , difobeys God , and fo brings that Curfe upon himself , and all bis Pofterity . And fo , by that one ...
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... Should be faved by it , though they live as they lift , we should have thought it needlefs to take Care for them , be- caufe they were fafe without it . But it hath pleafed GOD fo to order it , that our Care must be the Means by which ...
... Should be faved by it , though they live as they lift , we should have thought it needlefs to take Care for them , be- caufe they were fafe without it . But it hath pleafed GOD fo to order it , that our Care must be the Means by which ...
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... should accept thofe Offers of his , that he is faid to be grieved when we refufe them , Eph . 4. 30. Now , what greater Difgrace and Affront can we put upon God , than to defpife what be thus values ? That thofe Souls of ours , which ...
... should accept thofe Offers of his , that he is faid to be grieved when we refufe them , Eph . 4. 30. Now , what greater Difgrace and Affront can we put upon God , than to defpife what be thus values ? That thofe Souls of ours , which ...
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Page 30 - 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? 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?
Page 277 - 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 464 - For innumerable troubles are come about me ; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.
Page 439 - GOD, Thou that art the GOD of my health : and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness.
Page 477 - O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save?
Page 399 - I will lay me down in peace, and take my reft, for it is thou, Lord, only that makeft me dwell in fafety.
Page 437 - O remember not the sins and offences of my youth : but according to Thy mercy think Thou upon me, O LORD, for Thy goodness.
Page 30 - And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 421 - Thou art my God, and I will thank thee : thou art my God, and I will praise thee.
Page 398 - I shall fear to die in ; but that whether I live, I may live unto the Lord ; or whether I die, I may die unto the Lord ; so that living and dying I may be thine, through Jesus Christ.