Amyntas and Philetus: Or, Christian Conversation; Illustrated in a Friendly Visit Into the Country, in Seven Dialoguesauthor, and sold, 1770 - 301 pages |
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... present actings . Philoxenus ac- cords in the fame judgment . Grace com- pared to light fhining into a dark room . " DIALOGU E VI . Theologos a stranger , waits a ftranger , waits upon Philoxenus . The prevailing neglect of the Lord's ...
... present actings . Philoxenus ac- cords in the fame judgment . Grace com- pared to light fhining into a dark room . " DIALOGU E VI . Theologos a stranger , waits a ftranger , waits upon Philoxenus . The prevailing neglect of the Lord's ...
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... present state of things , certainly conduceth much to it's health and found- nefs ; and is therefore neceffary ; yet notwithstand- ing that the fruits of the ground cannot be produced but by inceffant toil , and much labour , is an ...
... present state of things , certainly conduceth much to it's health and found- nefs ; and is therefore neceffary ; yet notwithstand- ing that the fruits of the ground cannot be produced but by inceffant toil , and much labour , is an ...
Page 83
... present life comfortable ; but , tlrat thofe enjoyments are fo precarious , and the pleasure tasted in them , so fading . and dying , we are hereby continually admonished to fit loofe to earth , and all its fading delights , and to fet ...
... present life comfortable ; but , tlrat thofe enjoyments are fo precarious , and the pleasure tasted in them , so fading . and dying , we are hereby continually admonished to fit loofe to earth , and all its fading delights , and to fet ...
Page 123
... present plenty , and the remainder yet unga- thered , bears teftimony to his good- nefs , and poftponing an enjoyment , excites a pleafing expectation in our bofom . But as you obferve , three or four months elapfed , and nature in ...
... present plenty , and the remainder yet unga- thered , bears teftimony to his good- nefs , and poftponing an enjoyment , excites a pleafing expectation in our bofom . But as you obferve , three or four months elapfed , and nature in ...
Page 154
... of ourselves in future , for this world , and another , bent on gratifying every fenfual appetite for the present moment , and adopting that epicurean , epicurean , and atheistical maxim , let us eat and 154 A MYNTAS AND.
... of ourselves in future , for this world , and another , bent on gratifying every fenfual appetite for the present moment , and adopting that epicurean , epicurean , and atheistical maxim , let us eat and 154 A MYNTAS AND.
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againſt alfo Arminian becauſe believe beſt bleffed blood blood divine caufe chearful Chrift chriftian cife conceive converfation darkneſs dear Amyntas dear Philetus defign defire delightful divine earth eſteem everlaſting exercife eyes fafe faid faith falvation fave favour fcripture feem fenfe fent fervant ferve fhades fhall fhort fhould finners firſt fkies fome foul fpeak fpirit friendſhip fruit ftand ftate ftranger ftrength fubject fuch fuffered fuperior fuppofe fure glorious glory gofpel grace hath heart heaven himſelf honour houfe houſe inftitution itſelf juſt kindneſs labour lefs Lord Jefus Lord's Lord's Supper ment mercy mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs obferve perfon Philoxenus pious pleafing pleaſure pofe poffible poor prefent profeffing promife purpoſe reafon refpect rejoice righteoufnefs ſeem ſhall ſpeak ſtate thefe themſelves Theologos theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion unto uſeful whofe whoſe wife word
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Page 30 - He fwalloweth the ground with fiercenefs and rage : neither believeth he that it is the found of the trumpet. He faith among the trumpets, ha ! ha ! and he fmelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the Jfhouting.
Page 119 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 22 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows...
Page 85 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page vi - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft and on the unjuft.
Page 211 - Atheist, and still go to heaven." To such awful lengths may the principle be pushed, that there is no guilt in mental error. " Let those," says Dr. Priestley, " who maintain that the mere holding of opinions (without regard to the motives and state of the mind through which men may have been led to form them, will necessarily exclude them from the favour of God, be particularly careful with respect to the premises from which they draw so alarming a conclusion.
Page 49 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not, I searched out.
Page 4 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and fuch as are in the fea, and all that are in them, heard I, faying, Bleffing, and honour, and glory, and power be unto him that fitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 152 - Our foul is efcaped even as a bird out of the fnare of the fowler : the fnare is broken, and we are delivered. 7 Our help ftandeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.
Page 170 - And I faw a great white throne, and him that fat on it, from whofe face the earth and the heaven fled away ; and there was found no place for them.