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... those doc- trines , and enforces by them . All the doctrines of this religion , upon which it founds its duties , being eternal verities , as they must neceffarily be , being all deduced from the immutable nature of God and things , all ...
... those doc- trines , and enforces by them . All the doctrines of this religion , upon which it founds its duties , being eternal verities , as they must neceffarily be , being all deduced from the immutable nature of God and things , all ...
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... those are which are contained in the first table of the decalogue , but all those acts in general which God has commanded , and being performed on a religious ac- count , out of homage and obedience to God's will and authority , are as ...
... those are which are contained in the first table of the decalogue , but all those acts in general which God has commanded , and being performed on a religious ac- count , out of homage and obedience to God's will and authority , are as ...
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... those uneasy fears which frequently interrupt the finner's enjoyment , and overcast his hopes . He who loves God and virtue , cannot but be happy in the daily practice and enjoyment of what he most de- lights in ; and he who has fubdued ...
... those uneasy fears which frequently interrupt the finner's enjoyment , and overcast his hopes . He who loves God and virtue , cannot but be happy in the daily practice and enjoyment of what he most de- lights in ; and he who has fubdued ...
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... those conducted by the light of nature , as by those conducted by the light of revelation . Take this to- gether with the discipline which promotes it , I mean the observation of great abstinence from sensual pleasure , and no Monk or ...
... those conducted by the light of nature , as by those conducted by the light of revelation . Take this to- gether with the discipline which promotes it , I mean the observation of great abstinence from sensual pleasure , and no Monk or ...
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... those of quality , who we may suppose to have generally a more early institution and instruction in it than those of a meaner rank . They have besides more opportunities afterwards of being built up in the knowledge of their duty , and ...
... those of quality , who we may suppose to have generally a more early institution and instruction in it than those of a meaner rank . They have besides more opportunities afterwards of being built up in the knowledge of their duty , 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.