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... glory in the conceffion , and grate- fully to celebrate the goodness of God to them ; who as he brings light out of darkness , so converts their natu- ral infirmities into a means of spiritual strength ; makes the impotences and defects ...
... glory in the conceffion , and grate- fully to celebrate the goodness of God to them ; who as he brings light out of darkness , so converts their natu- ral infirmities into a means of spiritual strength ; makes the impotences and defects ...
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... glory turned into shame , their riots and excesses into the want of a drop of water , and shall retain nothing of their greatness but the guilt , the grating remembrance of having abused those temporal blessings , which if well managed ...
... glory turned into shame , their riots and excesses into the want of a drop of water , and shall retain nothing of their greatness but the guilt , the grating remembrance of having abused those temporal blessings , which if well managed ...
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... glory cannot allure them . It concerns fuch , therefore , to compare the mischiefs which each opinion threatens to their oppofites , and from thence make an estimate which is fafeft to be chosen . And here let the atheist himself cast ...
... glory cannot allure them . It concerns fuch , therefore , to compare the mischiefs which each opinion threatens to their oppofites , and from thence make an estimate which is fafeft to be chosen . And here let the atheist himself cast ...
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... glory . The temple it- felf is the heart of man , Christ is the high priest , who from thence sends up the incense of prayers , joins them to his own interceffion , and presents all together to his father . The Holy Ghost , by his ...
... glory . The temple it- felf is the heart of man , Christ is the high priest , who from thence sends up the incense of prayers , joins them to his own interceffion , and presents all together to his father . The Holy Ghost , by his ...
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... glory of fuch a prefence . Let every thing you fee , represent to your spirit the presence , the excellency , and the power of God . Let your conversation with the creatures lead you to the creator ; for so shall all your actions be ...
... glory of fuch a prefence . Let every thing you fee , represent to your spirit the presence , the excellency , and the power of God . Let your conversation with the creatures lead you to the creator ; for so shall all your actions be ...
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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.