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... your eyes for the future dazzle me into a blindness towards your under- standing . I rejoice in this pub- lick occafion to shew my esteem for you ; and must do you the justice 1 1 1 justice to say , that there can DEDICATION .
... your eyes for the future dazzle me into a blindness towards your under- standing . I rejoice in this pub- lick occafion to shew my esteem for you ; and must do you the justice 1 1 1 justice to say , that there can DEDICATION .
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... shew , still darken and obfcure the holy mysteries within them , which were nothing but the doctrines and laws of the Christian reli- gion . Judaism was only Christianity veiled , and Chrif- tianity is only Judaifm revealed . Thus , you ...
... shew , still darken and obfcure the holy mysteries within them , which were nothing but the doctrines and laws of the Christian reli- gion . Judaism was only Christianity veiled , and Chrif- tianity is only Judaifm revealed . Thus , you ...
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... shew that religion is the true way to happiness , temporal and eternal , is , that the pleasures of those con- feffors and martyrs far out - weighed their fufferings while- they lived ; that when they fuffered death itself , the time ...
... shew that religion is the true way to happiness , temporal and eternal , is , that the pleasures of those con- feffors and martyrs far out - weighed their fufferings while- they lived ; that when they fuffered death itself , the time ...
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... shew , dress , and the like , but is confined to religion and piety , and yet to be met with in the present as well as the fu- ture life . But if they will condescend so far as to give at- tention to what will be farther said on so ...
... shew , dress , and the like , but is confined to religion and piety , and yet to be met with in the present as well as the fu- ture life . But if they will condescend so far as to give at- tention to what will be farther said on so ...
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... shew their contempt of piety , yet they unawares give greater honour to that sex than they in- tend , while they confess it more capable of a likeness to the fupreme goodness , and of the renewal of God's image , ( for to that all piety ...
... shew their contempt of piety , yet they unawares give greater honour to that sex than they in- tend , while they confess it more capable of a likeness to the fupreme goodness , and of the renewal of God's image , ( for to that all piety ...
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actions alſo becauſe beſt bleſſed body buſineſs cauſe Chrift Chriſtian chuſe confcience confider confideration confifts conſent converſation courſe defire delight deſign diſcourſe diſpoſe divine duty eaſe elſe eſpecially eſteem eternal evil exerciſe fafting faid faith falſe fame faſt fear firſt fleſh folemn fome forrow foul fuch fuffer fure glory God's grace happy heart heaven heavenly Holy Ghost hope increaſe infinite inſtances inſtrument intereſt itſelf Jeſus juſt laſt leſs live lufts luſt meaſure mind moſt muſt nature neceſſary neceſſity neſs obedience obliged obſerved ourſelves paſſions perfect perſons pleaſed pleaſures poſſible praiſe pray prayer preſent promiſes purpoſe raiſe reaſon religion repentance reſolution reſpect reſt ſame Saviour ſays ſecure ſenſe ſenſible ſenſual ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhew ſhort ſhould ſin ſociety ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrength ſubject ſuch temper temptation theſe things thoſe thoughts tion uſe virtue whoſe word zeal
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Page 41 - ... us : and if we walk with God in all his ways, as he walks with us in all ours, we shall find perpetual reasons to enable us to keep that rule of God, " Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.
Page 252 - Finally, brethren, whatfoever things are ' true, whatfoever things are honeft, whatfoever things ' are juft, whatfoever things are pure, whatfoever things ' are lovely, whatfoever things are of good report : If ' there be any virtue, and if there be any praife, think
Page 272 - Jefus the author and finifher of our faith; who for the joy that was fet before him, endured the crofs, defpifing the fhame ; and is fet down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Page 272 - Being encompaffed with a cloud of witnefles, let us lay afide every weight, and the fin which doth fo eafily befet us : and let us run with patience the race that is fet before us...
Page 40 - ... that opens all his wants to him, that weeps before him for his sins, that asks remedy and support for his weakness, that fears him as a Judge, reverences him as a Lord, obeys him as a Father, and loves him as a Patron.
Page 242 - The cup of bleffing which we blefs, is it not the communion of the blood of Chrift? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Chrift ? For we being many are one bread, and one body, for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Page 38 - Him in the glass of the creation. In the face of the sun you may see God's beauty ; in the fire you may feel His heat warming ; in the water, His gentleness to refresh you...
Page 55 - The apostle calls it the band of perfection; it is the old, and it is the new, and it is the great commandment, and it is all the commandments; for it is the fulfilling of the law.