Sacra Privata: The Private Meditations and Prayers of the Right Reverend Thomas Wilson, D.D. Bishop of Sodor and Man, Accommodated to General UseWilliam Hilliard, 1804 - 132 pages |
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... never can change -the state of things . Never be curious to know , what passes in the world , any farther than duty obliges you ; it will only diftract the mind , when it should be better employed . Never intermit devotion , if you can ...
... never can change -the state of things . Never be curious to know , what passes in the world , any farther than duty obliges you ; it will only diftract the mind , when it should be better employed . Never intermit devotion , if you can ...
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... never * wilfully give way to any distracting thoughts . May I wait with patience , and leave it to Thee , my God and Father , how and when to grant my petitions . He , that has learned to pray , as he ought , poffeffes the fecret of a ...
... never * wilfully give way to any distracting thoughts . May I wait with patience , and leave it to Thee , my God and Father , how and when to grant my petitions . He , that has learned to pray , as he ought , poffeffes the fecret of a ...
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... never to think of them afterward , never to wait for them , nev- er to give God thanks for them . Let us make prayer familiar to us ; for with- out the help of God we are every hour in dan- ger . The Devil knows that , when we have a ...
... never to think of them afterward , never to wait for them , nev- er to give God thanks for them . Let us make prayer familiar to us ; for with- out the help of God we are every hour in dan- ger . The Devil knows that , when we have a ...
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... never be put to confufion . Keep it ever in the heart of thy , fervant , that it is indeed an evil thing and bitter to offend the Lord . Keep me from prefumptu- › ous fins , that I may never grieve thy Holy Spir- it , nor provoke Thee ...
... never be put to confufion . Keep it ever in the heart of thy , fervant , that it is indeed an evil thing and bitter to offend the Lord . Keep me from prefumptu- › ous fins , that I may never grieve thy Holy Spir- it , nor provoke Thee ...
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... never be divided be tween Thee and the world ! May I never fet up any thing , O God , in competition with Thee in my heart ! May I never attempt to reconcile thy fervice with that world , which is at enmity with Thee , my God and Father ...
... never be divided be tween Thee and the world ! May I never fet up any thing , O God , in competition with Thee in my heart ! May I never attempt to reconcile thy fervice with that world , which is at enmity with Thee , my God and Father ...
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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.