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Richard Allestree. Mr. Garthwait ; H AVING in my hands a Practical Treatife concerning The Gaufes of the Decay of Chriftian Piety fo vifible in this our Age ; written by the Excellent Author of . The WHOLE DUTY OF MAN : and having obtain ...
Richard Allestree. Mr. Garthwait ; H AVING in my hands a Practical Treatife concerning The Gaufes of the Decay of Chriftian Piety fo vifible in this our Age ; written by the Excellent Author of . The WHOLE DUTY OF MAN : and having obtain ...
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... concerning Repentance . 144 Chap.8 . From mistakes concerning Almighty and the methods of his Providence . God , 762 Chap.9 . From difputes in general.- 246 Chap.10 . From its fupplanting Charity . Chap.11 . From its engaging upon ill ...
... concerning Repentance . 144 Chap.8 . From mistakes concerning Almighty and the methods of his Providence . God , 762 Chap.9 . From difputes in general.- 246 Chap.10 . From its fupplanting Charity . Chap.11 . From its engaging upon ill ...
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... concerning their Religi on , may well pass for a main cause of its fruftra- tion . Chriftianity may make Archimedes his chal- lenge , give it but where it may fet its foot , allow but a fober advertence to its propofals , and it will ...
... concerning their Religi on , may well pass for a main cause of its fruftra- tion . Chriftianity may make Archimedes his chal- lenge , give it but where it may fet its foot , allow but a fober advertence to its propofals , and it will ...
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... concerning fuch perfons the Difciples queftion , Fo . 9. is very pertinent , Who did fin , this man or his Parents ? Where men are fo ignorant it must neceffarily infer their Parents negligence in infufing , or their own stubborn ...
... concerning fuch perfons the Difciples queftion , Fo . 9. is very pertinent , Who did fin , this man or his Parents ? Where men are fo ignorant it must neceffarily infer their Parents negligence in infufing , or their own stubborn ...
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... concerning the guilt , fo may we for the act of Sin : He that faid do not commit adultery , faid alfo do not kill ; and ' tis abufive mockery , the Souldiers Ave Rex , to bow to his authority in the one , and refift it in the other ...
... concerning the guilt , fo may we for the act of Sin : He that faid do not commit adultery , faid alfo do not kill ; and ' tis abufive mockery , the Souldiers Ave Rex , to bow to his authority in the one , and refift it in the other ...
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Page 5 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 405 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Page 10 - For, we know that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diflblved, we have a building of GOD, an houfe not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Page 236 - Let us fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of men; for they are severe and cruel judges of each other.•
Page 406 - If there be therefore any confolation in Chrift, if any comfort. of love, if any fellow/hip of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies ; fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the fame love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Page 247 - Certainly," says Bishop Fell, " the first propagators of our faith proceeded at another rate ; they well knew, that not the brain but'the heart was the proper soil of that celestial plant, and therefore did not amuse their proselytes with curious questions, but set them to the active part of their religion.