Sacra Privata: The Private Meditations and Prayers of the Right Reverend Thomas Wilson, D.D. Bishop of Sodor and Man, Accommodated to General Use

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William Hilliard, 1804 - 132 pages

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Page 34 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good ; let him seek peace and ensue it.
Page 102 - ... renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them ? Answ.
Page 86 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 74 - Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Page 20 - Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Page 71 - LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth ; send thy HOLY GHOST, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues ; without which, whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee : Grant this for thine only Son JESUS CHRIST'S sake. Amen.
Page 114 - I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God (I am delivered) through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 33 - And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Page 129 - Be ye perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Page 26 - Grant that all carnal affections may die in us; and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in us.

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