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... present happiness , in this life , is appparent from what fol- lows a little after : " Length of days is in her right hand , " and in her left hand riches and honour : her ways are “ ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace ...
... present happiness , in this life , is appparent from what fol- lows a little after : " Length of days is in her right hand , " and in her left hand riches and honour : her ways are “ ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace ...
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... The scripture is so far from denying , that it affirms the possibility of obtaining present happi- ness , nor are the sufferings of confessors and martyrs , or the i the doctrine of mortification , any prejudice to this RELIGION . 13.
... The scripture is so far from denying , that it affirms the possibility of obtaining present happi- ness , nor are the sufferings of confessors and martyrs , or the i the doctrine of mortification , any prejudice to this RELIGION . 13.
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... 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 important a fub- ject , I doubt not but their reason will be convinced , whe- ther they reduce their ...
... 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 important a fub- ject , I doubt not but their reason will be convinced , whe- ther they reduce their ...
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... ; we invoke God as we use to cajole men , only to ferve a present turn . And in such difingenuous addresses it is easy to read the event , or if we cannot , So- lomon lomon will instruct us , " The prayers of the RELIGION . 15.
... ; we invoke God as we use to cajole men , only to ferve a present turn . And in such difingenuous addresses it is easy to read the event , or if we cannot , So- lomon lomon will instruct us , " The prayers of the RELIGION . 15.
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... present enjoy- ments , and the thankfulness it exacts . In regard of others , their piety backed with their secu- lar advantages , may be of a more extensive benefit ; they have many opportunities of doing good by their influence on ...
... present enjoy- ments , and the thankfulness it exacts . In regard of others , their piety backed with their secu- lar advantages , may be of a more extensive benefit ; they have many opportunities of doing good by their influence on ...
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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.