The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety |
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... matter fall require ; of which yet I fuppofe there will not occur very many , or ve- ry important occafions . BUT would God I were to apologize for a vet far greater abfurdity , that our fcene were fo shifted , that the whole defign of ...
... matter fall require ; of which yet I fuppofe there will not occur very many , or ve- ry important occafions . BUT would God I were to apologize for a vet far greater abfurdity , that our fcene were fo shifted , that the whole defign of ...
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... matter of complacency than regret : but ' tis to be confidered that there is another prefence of God that will infallibly fucceed this ; when he removes that of his grace , ' tis to make way for that of his anger ; bike the Philistines ...
... matter of complacency than regret : but ' tis to be confidered that there is another prefence of God that will infallibly fucceed this ; when he removes that of his grace , ' tis to make way for that of his anger ; bike the Philistines ...
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... matter of our most importunate wifhes ; would God our hopes were but half as pregnant . BUT the leẞ appearance there is of this uni- verfal reformation , the more jealously ought every fingle perfon to look on himself , left he be one ...
... matter of our most importunate wifhes ; would God our hopes were but half as pregnant . BUT the leẞ appearance there is of this uni- verfal reformation , the more jealously ought every fingle perfon to look on himself , left he be one ...
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... matter of admiration is , that there fhould be any fuch darkness among us ; that the glorious light , as St. Paul terms it , of the Gospel of Chrift , fhould not not long ere this have difpell'd it out of our 42 Mischiefs arifing from ...
... matter of admiration is , that there fhould be any fuch darkness among us ; that the glorious light , as St. Paul terms it , of the Gospel of Chrift , fhould not not long ere this have difpell'd it out of our 42 Mischiefs arifing from ...
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... matter : There is another fort as ignorant , who have not that plea ; who by a wretchlefs Inconfideration , have made a fhift to unlearn what they had once been taught . That this is naturally very poffible no man can question , that ...
... matter : There is another fort as ignorant , who have not that plea ; who by a wretchlefs Inconfideration , have made a fhift to unlearn what they had once been taught . That this is naturally very poffible no man can question , that ...
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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.