Contemplations Moral and Divine, etc. [With a portrait.]William Shrewsbury; Dan. Midwinter & Tho. Leigh, 1699 - 558 pages |
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... excellent Meditations , to be made ufe of to - that end ; and fhould much rather have abstained from publishing them at all , than have relied upon fuch a shift , if I had thought that they had stood in any need thereof . But as it was ...
... excellent Meditations , to be made ufe of to - that end ; and fhould much rather have abstained from publishing them at all , than have relied upon fuch a shift , if I had thought that they had stood in any need thereof . But as it was ...
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... excellent Perfon and my very good Friend , for the Good of others , which I should not have done for any private Advantage to my felf whatfoever . 1 I doubt not but the Reader will be very defirous to know who the Author of thefe excellent ...
... excellent Perfon and my very good Friend , for the Good of others , which I should not have done for any private Advantage to my felf whatfoever . 1 I doubt not but the Reader will be very defirous to know who the Author of thefe excellent ...
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... excellent Virtues which it requires , thefe Wri- tings may poffibly give more fatisfaction to fome concerning his Fudgment in the cafe , than his Life and Actions ; and in that respect they may poffibly come forth with fome Advantage ...
... excellent Virtues which it requires , thefe Wri- tings may poffibly give more fatisfaction to fome concerning his Fudgment in the cafe , than his Life and Actions ; and in that respect they may poffibly come forth with fome Advantage ...
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... excellent Effects it produceth , which are generally thefe two : 1. It teacheth us to live well . 2. It teacheth us to die eafily . I. For the former of thefe , the Confideration of our Latter End doth in no fort make our Lives the ...
... excellent Effects it produceth , which are generally thefe two : 1. It teacheth us to live well . 2. It teacheth us to die eafily . I. For the former of thefe , the Confideration of our Latter End doth in no fort make our Lives the ...
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... excellent Man Job , after a diligent fearch ( in the Speech of this Chapter ) after Wisdom , what it is , where to be found , doth at length make thefe Two Con- clufions , viz . 1. That the true Root of Wildom , and that that therefore ...
... excellent Man Job , after a diligent fearch ( in the Speech of this Chapter ) after Wisdom , what it is , where to be found , doth at length make thefe Two Con- clufions , viz . 1. That the true Root of Wildom , and that that therefore ...
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Page 439 - I am God, and there is none else ; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, " My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure...
Page 128 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man. For it became Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Page 375 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 108 - If God will be with me, and will keep me in the way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God...
Page 237 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth...
Page 98 - By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Page 230 - I have found, by a strict and diligent observation, that a due observation of the duty of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time, and the week that hath been so begun hath been blessed...
Page 137 - Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ; Yet man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
Page 233 - But further, there are many things that may be lawfully done on another day, which may not lawfully be done upon this ; and many things that are not only lawful upon another day, but also fit and decent, which are yet unfit to be done upon this day. Upon other days we may, and must employ ourselves, in our secular and ordinary callings ; we may use bodily exercises and recreations, as bowling, shooting, hunting, and divers other recreations; we may study...
Page 410 - Let the wicked forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon...