The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety |
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... fear'd to be rival'd in the glory of our ruine , he takes us into his own hand , marks us out , as he did Pharaoh , to be the Trophies of his A 2 own own peculiar vengeance , appearing fignally against us in all THE PREFACE .
... fear'd to be rival'd in the glory of our ruine , he takes us into his own hand , marks us out , as he did Pharaoh , to be the Trophies of his A 2 own own peculiar vengeance , appearing fignally against us in all THE PREFACE .
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... a conducting but deftroying Angel , what figns of re- morfe do we fhew ? What vanity ( I fear I may ask what vice ) have we fubftracted , upon the fenfe of Gods anger ? What What nicety in cloaths or diet have we cut off THE PREFACE .
... a conducting but deftroying Angel , what figns of re- morfe do we fhew ? What vanity ( I fear I may ask what vice ) have we fubftracted , upon the fenfe of Gods anger ? What What nicety in cloaths or diet have we cut off THE PREFACE .
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... fears an oath ? Or defraud that permits not himself to covet ? In the like manner all pofitive acts of vertue , are but ... fear is planted there , it will break forth in out- ward reverence and duty ; and fo proportionably ' twill be in ...
... fears an oath ? Or defraud that permits not himself to covet ? In the like manner all pofitive acts of vertue , are but ... fear is planted there , it will break forth in out- ward reverence and duty ; and fo proportionably ' twill be in ...
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... Fears of thefe , may well deferve to be lookt upon with appetite . BUT Heaven is defigned for our reward , as well as refcue , and therefore is adumbrated by all thofe pofitive excellencies which can endear or recommend . It is a Grown ...
... Fears of thefe , may well deferve to be lookt upon with appetite . BUT Heaven is defigned for our reward , as well as refcue , and therefore is adumbrated by all thofe pofitive excellencies which can endear or recommend . It is a Grown ...
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... fear of God , 2 Cor . 7. 1. for they ad- drefs to that Principle which is confeftly Predo- minant in our Nature ; fo that if the love of Chrift cannot , yet the love of our felves may constrain us . How must it then affront and baffle ...
... fear of God , 2 Cor . 7. 1. for they ad- drefs to that Principle which is confeftly Predo- minant in our Nature ; fo that if the love of Chrift cannot , yet the love of our felves may constrain us . How must it then affront and baffle ...
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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.