A Practical Discourse Concerning DeathE. and J. Robertsons, 1759 - 235 pages |
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William Sherlock. ritance is , only to gratify his Curiofity in ftaying a little longer there ? And can we then think it a hard Command , ( when we know we muft fhortly die , and leave this World , that whether we will or no , we cannot ...
William Sherlock. ritance is , only to gratify his Curiofity in ftaying a little longer there ? And can we then think it a hard Command , ( when we know we muft fhortly die , and leave this World , that whether we will or no , we cannot ...
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... longer . For this is moft agreeable to the Divine Goodness too , and God's Love to his Creatures , that what is their greatest and trueft Happiness fhould be most laft- ing . For if God hath made Man capable of different Degrees and ...
... longer . For this is moft agreeable to the Divine Goodness too , and God's Love to his Creatures , that what is their greatest and trueft Happiness fhould be most laft- ing . For if God hath made Man capable of different Degrees and ...
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... longer . The Divine Wisdom and Goodness has certainly referved the beft Things for Eternity : For as eternal Beings are the most perfect , fo they must be the most happy too , unless we can separate Perfection and Happiness . And ...
... longer . The Divine Wisdom and Goodness has certainly referved the beft Things for Eternity : For as eternal Beings are the most perfect , fo they must be the most happy too , unless we can separate Perfection and Happiness . And ...
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... longer . How is it poffible to reconcile this with the Wildom of God , if Man perishes when he dies ; if he ceafes to be as foon as he comes to be a Man ? And there- fore we have Reason to believe , that Death only tranflates us into ...
... longer . How is it poffible to reconcile this with the Wildom of God , if Man perishes when he dies ; if he ceafes to be as foon as he comes to be a Man ? And there- fore we have Reason to believe , that Death only tranflates us into ...
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... longer encloystered in a Tabernacle of Flefh , we no longer feel the Impreffions of it , neither the Pains nor Pleasures of the Body can affect us , it can charm , it can tempt , no longer . This needs no Proof , but very well deferves ...
... longer encloystered in a Tabernacle of Flefh , we no longer feel the Impreffions of it , neither the Pains nor Pleasures of the Body can affect us , it can charm , it can tempt , no longer . This needs no Proof , but very well deferves ...
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Page 133 - And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Page 133 - Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning ; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that when he cometh and knocketh, they -may open unto him immediately.
Page 133 - Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of man cometh.
Page 122 - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Page 118 - And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Page 76 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 68 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Page 143 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Page 164 - Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Page 40 - But if the Spirit of him that raifed up Jefus from the dead dwell in you, he that raifed up Chrift -from the dead fhall a'Bb quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.