Practical Discourses Upon the Beatitudes ...S. Manship, 1707 - 240 стор. |
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... Nature does here fuperfede all other Methods of Engagement ; and why then should there be need of any Command to a Rational Soul to love God ? Does not an intelligible Good bear the fame proportion to a reasonable Nature , as a fenfible ...
... Nature does here fuperfede all other Methods of Engagement ; and why then should there be need of any Command to a Rational Soul to love God ? Does not an intelligible Good bear the fame proportion to a reasonable Nature , as a fenfible ...
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... Nature is more than commenfurate to the most stretch't Appetite of ours ; nay , were our Capacity infinite , he would be fufficient to fill it ; for he fills his own , and is infinitely happy in himself . And what need then of a Command ...
... Nature is more than commenfurate to the most stretch't Appetite of ours ; nay , were our Capacity infinite , he would be fufficient to fill it ; for he fills his own , and is infinitely happy in himself . And what need then of a Command ...
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... Nature ? And if God only has a Right to my Love , and a Right to it all , as ha- ving produced it all ; then ' tis evident , that all of it ought to be fix'd upon him , and that he has great Injury and Injustice done him whenever any ...
... Nature ? And if God only has a Right to my Love , and a Right to it all , as ha- ving produced it all ; then ' tis evident , that all of it ought to be fix'd upon him , and that he has great Injury and Injustice done him whenever any ...
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... Nature . Well then , if the Cafe be thus , if God moves us to Good by moving us towards himself : Is it not then a tranfgreffing this Order and Inftitution of Nature ? Is it not an abuse of that Motion of Love which God caufes in us ...
... Nature . Well then , if the Cafe be thus , if God moves us to Good by moving us towards himself : Is it not then a tranfgreffing this Order and Inftitution of Nature ? Is it not an abuse of that Motion of Love which God caufes in us ...
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... Nature , and refift the Will of its great Author ? Do we not then hinder his Act , and put a Bar to his Motion within us ? Nay , do we not then act against the Constitution of our own Frame , and run counter to the great Bias of our ...
... Nature , and refift the Will of its great Author ? Do we not then hinder his Act , and put a Bar to his Motion within us ? Nay , do we not then act against the Constitution of our own Frame , and run counter to the great Bias of our ...
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Сторінка 125 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Сторінка 182 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Сторінка 32 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Сторінка 205 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Сторінка 125 - For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life...
Сторінка 102 - Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Сторінка 202 - Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Сторінка 201 - Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and done despite unto the spirit of grace?
Сторінка 113 - When my mind sallies out into a multitude of thoughts, and those thoughts make me sad and heavy, anxious and solicitous, as presenting to my view my own weakness and infirmity, and the universal vanity of all those seeming props and stays, upon which my deluded soul was apt to lean ; the many great calamities of life, and the much greater terrors of death ; the known miseries of the present state, and the darkness and uncertainty of the future ; still urging me with fresh arguments of sorrow, and...
Сторінка 184 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate -, Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.