Select Practical Writings of Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, Volume 2Durrie & Peck, 1844 |
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... sorrows in avoiding or curing theirs . But , alas ! what power hath selfishness in most ! How easily do we bear our brethren's pains , reproaches , wants , and afflictions , in comparison of our own ! how few thoughts , and how little ...
... sorrows in avoiding or curing theirs . But , alas ! what power hath selfishness in most ! How easily do we bear our brethren's pains , reproaches , wants , and afflictions , in comparison of our own ! how few thoughts , and how little ...
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... sorrows . O , how contemptible a thing is man ! ' saith the same Seneca ; ' unless he lift up himself above human things . ' Therefore , saith Solomon , when he had glutted himself with all temporal pleasures , " I hated life , because ...
... sorrows . O , how contemptible a thing is man ! ' saith the same Seneca ; ' unless he lift up himself above human things . ' Therefore , saith Solomon , when he had glutted himself with all temporal pleasures , " I hated life , because ...
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... sorrows , upon foresight , which man hath . They fear not death upon the foreknowledge of it , nor fear any misery after death , nor are put upon any labor , sufferings , or trials , to obtain a future happiness , or avoid a future ...
... sorrows , upon foresight , which man hath . They fear not death upon the foreknowledge of it , nor fear any misery after death , nor are put upon any labor , sufferings , or trials , to obtain a future happiness , or avoid a future ...
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... sorrow , or joy , or resolved dili- gence for the world to come , I must think that there is ( in act at least ) but little belief of it , and that such persons little know them- selves , how much they secretly doubt , whether it be ...
... sorrow , or joy , or resolved dili- gence for the world to come , I must think that there is ( in act at least ) but little belief of it , and that such persons little know them- selves , how much they secretly doubt , whether it be ...
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... sorrows are so much greater to multitudes than the sensi- ble delight , that life would not be so commonly chosen and en- dured under so much trouble , were not men determined thereto by natural necessitating inclination ; ( or deterred ...
... sorrows are so much greater to multitudes than the sensi- ble delight , that life would not be so commonly chosen and en- dured under so much trouble , were not men determined thereto by natural necessitating inclination ; ( or deterred ...
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Page 21 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write ; From henceforth blessed 'are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 444 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season : esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt ; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 269 - For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Page 289 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 476 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 593 - ... tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile ; but glory, honour, and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: for there is no respect of persons with God.
Page 424 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Page 567 - He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Page 434 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 77 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.