Contemplations Moral and Divine, etc. [With a portrait.]William Shrewsbury; Dan. Midwinter & Tho. Leigh, 1699 - 558 pages |
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... greatest Controverfie , especially among them of the Reformed Religion . And though thefe Writings never underwent ... greatest Concernment , as in Nature those things which are of greatest Use and Concernment , are most соттоп . But the ...
... greatest Controverfie , especially among them of the Reformed Religion . And though thefe Writings never underwent ... greatest Concernment , as in Nature those things which are of greatest Use and Concernment , are most соттоп . But the ...
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... greatest concern , and most worth his ferious Confideration , and had accordingly weighed and confidered . And for the Style , it is fuitable to the Matter , fignificant , perfpicuous , and manly ; bis Words are Spirit and Life , and ...
... greatest concern , and most worth his ferious Confideration , and had accordingly weighed and confidered . And for the Style , it is fuitable to the Matter , fignificant , perfpicuous , and manly ; bis Words are Spirit and Life , and ...
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... greatest fting and terror of Death , are the past and unrepented Sins of the paft Life ; the Reflection upon thefe is that which is the Strength , the Elixir , the Venom of Death it felf . He therefore that wifely confiders his Latter ...
... greatest fting and terror of Death , are the past and unrepented Sins of the paft Life ; the Reflection upon thefe is that which is the Strength , the Elixir , the Venom of Death it felf . He therefore that wifely confiders his Latter ...
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... wished or defired , though it be an Ob . ject not to be feared , it is a thing not to be coveted ; for certainly Life is the greatest temporal Bleffing in this B World , World . It was the Paffion , not the Virtue of our Latter End . 7.
... wished or defired , though it be an Ob . ject not to be feared , it is a thing not to be coveted ; for certainly Life is the greatest temporal Bleffing in this B World , World . It was the Paffion , not the Virtue of our Latter End . 7.
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... greatest Commendation that we can ordinarily give a Man , is , that he is a wife Man ; and the greatest Reproach that can be to a Man , and that which is worst refented , is to be called or esteemed a Fool ; and yet as much as the ...
... greatest Commendation that we can ordinarily give a Man , is , that he is a wife Man ; and the greatest Reproach that can be to a Man , and that which is worst refented , is to be called or esteemed a Fool ; and yet as much as the ...
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Affliction affurance againſt alfo Almighty becauſe beft beſt Bleffing buſineſs cauſe Children of Men Chrift Confcience confequently confider confideration Counfels Creatures Death defire Deliverance diſappointed Divine doth Duty efteemed eſpecially Eternal everlaſting evil exercife fafe Faith fame Father Fear fecret feem felves fenfe fent feveral fhall fhould firft firſt fome ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuitable fure give Glory Goodneſs Grace greateſt Happineſs hath Heart Heaven himſelf Honour Humility infinite Jefus juft Juftice Kingdom Knowledge leaft lefs Lord Love Lufts Mankind Matth meaſure Mercy Mind moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neceffity nefs Obedience obferve occafion Paffions Pardon Patience Perfon Pfal Pfalm pleafed pleaſed poffible Power Prayer prefent preferve Pride Profperity promife reafon refpect reft Saviour Senfe Sorrow Soul Spirit Temptations thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou art thy felf Truth Underſtanding unto uſe Wealth Wife Wiſdom worfe World
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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...