The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety |
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... muft neceffarily augment answerably to the growth of its feveral parts . And if we should fo far let loofe to fpeculation as to forget our experience : If we measure the effect only by the power and energy of the cause , we fhould ...
... muft neceffarily augment answerably to the growth of its feveral parts . And if we should fo far let loofe to fpeculation as to forget our experience : If we measure the effect only by the power and energy of the cause , we fhould ...
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... muft fink under . And were but this one precept fincerely conformed to , it would not only facilitate but afcertain the obedience to all the reft . If the first parks of ill were quencht within , what poffibility is there they should ...
... muft fink under . And were but this one precept fincerely conformed to , it would not only facilitate but afcertain the obedience to all the reft . If the first parks of ill were quencht within , what poffibility is there they should ...
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... blood can not inherit it ; that load of earth which now engages to corruption must be put off , muft must be calcin'd and spiritualiz'd ; and thus made glorious 4 The Character of Christian Religion , & c . Chap . 1 .
... blood can not inherit it ; that load of earth which now engages to corruption must be put off , muft must be calcin'd and spiritualiz'd ; and thus made glorious 4 The Character of Christian Religion , & c . Chap . 1 .
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... muft needs be very preffing and indifpen- fable . And as the nature of the promifes directs to this , fo does the great tranfcendent value en- courage and animate . Hope is the grand exciter of industry , and as the object of Hope is ...
... muft needs be very preffing and indifpen- fable . And as the nature of the promifes directs to this , fo does the great tranfcendent value en- courage and animate . Hope is the grand exciter of industry , and as the object of Hope is ...
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... muft be forcible encitement likewife , he cannot but run alacriously , who has the prize in his Eye , nor can S , Paul ufe a more preffing argument to his Corinthians , To be stedfaft , unmovable , always abounding in the work of the ...
... muft be forcible encitement likewife , he cannot but run alacriously , who has the prize in his Eye , nor can S , Paul ufe a more preffing argument to his Corinthians , To be stedfaft , unmovable , always abounding in the work of the ...
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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.