The Art of ContentmentAt the Theater in Oxford, 1677 - 214 стор. |
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... greatest provocation to God to make it worse . II . IT must therefore be refolv'd to be very contrary to our intereft , and furely ' tis no lefs to our duty . It is fo if we do but own our felves men , for in that is impli'd a ...
... greatest provocation to God to make it worse . II . IT must therefore be refolv'd to be very contrary to our intereft , and furely ' tis no lefs to our duty . It is fo if we do but own our felves men , for in that is impli'd a ...
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... greatest ho- nor , so it is also the greatest satisfaction to a good heart . He fhews himself too mercenary that fo longs for his reward , as to grow impatient of his attendances : he that loves God , thinks himself bleft in the ...
... greatest ho- nor , so it is also the greatest satisfaction to a good heart . He fhews himself too mercenary that fo longs for his reward , as to grow impatient of his attendances : he that loves God , thinks himself bleft in the ...
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... greatest stock of calami- ties , can never vye with the heaps of be- nefits ; the difproportion is greater then that of the Armies of Ahab and Benha- dad , 1 Kings . 20. 27. whereof the one was like two little flocks of Kids , the other ...
... greatest stock of calami- ties , can never vye with the heaps of be- nefits ; the difproportion is greater then that of the Armies of Ahab and Benha- dad , 1 Kings . 20. 27. whereof the one was like two little flocks of Kids , the other ...
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... greatest impor- tance ; the most fubftantial folid goods ; and the greatest of all , I mean thofe which concern our eternal state , are so firmly fixt on us , that unless we will voluntarily quit our clame , ' tis not in the power of ...
... greatest impor- tance ; the most fubftantial folid goods ; and the greatest of all , I mean thofe which concern our eternal state , are so firmly fixt on us , that unless we will voluntarily quit our clame , ' tis not in the power of ...
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... greatest discomfort from friends , is that of their own : and if ever we may be allow'd that difconfolate ftrein of the Prophet , Efa . 22. 4. Turn away from me , I will weep bitterly , labor not to comfort me ; this feems to be the ...
... greatest discomfort from friends , is that of their own : and if ever we may be allow'd that difconfolate ftrein of the Prophet , Efa . 22. 4. Turn away from me , I will weep bitterly , labor not to comfort me ; this feems to be the ...
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Сторінка 134 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Сторінка 182 - If any man shall ADD UNTO THESE THINGS, GOD SHALL ADD UNTO HIM THE PLAGUES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK: and if any man shall TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE AND OUT OF THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM THE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK.
Сторінка 82 - Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes?
Сторінка 35 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Сторінка 224 - O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing ; let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them.
Сторінка 78 - Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods ? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Сторінка 128 - He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law ; which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children : that their posterity might know it ; and the children which were yet unborn ; to the intent that, when they came up, they might show their children the same ; that they might put their trust in God, and not to forget the works of God, but to keep his commandments.
Сторінка 26 - Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
Сторінка 173 - Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying : This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips ; but their heart is far from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Сторінка 75 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound...