The Ladies Library: ... Written by a Lady. Published by Sir Richard Steele, Volume 3W. Strahan, 1772 - Conduct of life |
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... things , has thereby put his word into its mouth , and does himself speak through it , as through . a ftanding oracle , which he has erected in our breasts , to convey and deliver his own mind and will to us . Whatsoever then natural ...
... things , has thereby put his word into its mouth , and does himself speak through it , as through . a ftanding oracle , which he has erected in our breasts , to convey and deliver his own mind and will to us . Whatsoever then natural ...
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... things depend entirely upon God's will , and their being or not being lies wholly in his free dif- posal , it is impossible that our natural reason should ever arrive at the knowledge of them , without some revelation of his will ...
... things depend entirely upon God's will , and their being or not being lies wholly in his free dif- posal , it is impossible that our natural reason should ever arrive at the knowledge of them , without some revelation of his will ...
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... things , having " the promise of the life that now is , and of that which is " to come . " Nor can I indeed conceive ... thing that a finner can attain to , and must exclude those uneasy fears which frequently interrupt the ...
... things , having " the promise of the life that now is , and of that which is " to come . " Nor can I indeed conceive ... thing that a finner can attain to , and must exclude those uneasy fears which frequently interrupt the ...
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... things of it . Not to look upon this life as our only and chief portion , and dote upon it with fondness and paffion ; and I do not think that this is any thing more than what is implied and included in the former notion of ...
... things of it . Not to look upon this life as our only and chief portion , and dote upon it with fondness and paffion ; and I do not think that this is any thing more than what is implied and included in the former notion of ...
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... things that cannot at all contribute to make them happy , may be at first surprised to find it afferted that happiness does not confift in honours , dignities , wealth , shew , dress , and the like , but is confined to religion and ...
... things that cannot at all contribute to make them happy , may be at first surprised to find it afferted that happiness does not confift in honours , dignities , wealth , shew , dress , and the like , but is confined to religion and ...
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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.