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... thofe robuft , gyant - like provocations which have thus bid defiance to Heaven ; but also to fift out thofe fecret incendiaries that have inflamed us to this mad daring ; to examine what that that inflamable bitumen , the untemper'd ...
... thofe robuft , gyant - like provocations which have thus bid defiance to Heaven ; but also to fift out thofe fecret incendiaries that have inflamed us to this mad daring ; to examine what that that inflamable bitumen , the untemper'd ...
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... thofe on whom the Tower of Siloam fell , Luke 13. that thofe who have hitherto escaped have an equal share in . the provoking caufe of the Judgement : So alfo that great unfenfibleness many of us fhew of what others groan under , is a ...
... thofe on whom the Tower of Siloam fell , Luke 13. that thofe who have hitherto escaped have an equal share in . the provoking caufe of the Judgement : So alfo that great unfenfibleness many of us fhew of what others groan under , is a ...
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... Thofe compaffions which the novelty it feems at first gave us to fufferers in this kind , feems now quite extinct ... thofe publick Humiliations interceffions which were recommended to us as well by the command of Authority , as the com ...
... Thofe compaffions which the novelty it feems at first gave us to fufferers in this kind , feems now quite extinct ... thofe publick Humiliations interceffions which were recommended to us as well by the command of Authority , as the com ...
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... thofe holy places , and rendred them fo polluted as required no flighter purgation than that of FIRE . ' Tis we know not long , fince thofe manfions facred to the Prince of Peace , were even in the vulgar obvious fenfe , made magazines ...
... thofe holy places , and rendred them fo polluted as required no flighter purgation than that of FIRE . ' Tis we know not long , fince thofe manfions facred to the Prince of Peace , were even in the vulgar obvious fenfe , made magazines ...
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... thofe , who pay him no wor- Ship ? or why should he let thofe facred monuments re- main among them , to whom all memorials of him ferve but as occafions , and incentives to blafpheme him ? They have long faid with thofe in Job , Depart ...
... thofe , who pay him no wor- Ship ? or why should he let thofe facred monuments re- main among them , to whom all memorials of him ferve but as occafions , and incentives to blafpheme him ? They have long faid with thofe in Job , Depart ...
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againſt alfo atteft becauſe befides bufie cafe caft caufe cauſe certainly Chrift Chriftian Church Confcience confequently confider confideration defign defign'd defire difcern diffentions Difputes divine eafie Efay fadly fafe faid faith fame fecure feems felf felves fenfe ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt fome fpeaks fpiritual ftand ftill ftrength fuch fuffer fuppofe give Gods greateſt guilt Heaven himſelf holy impoffible induſtry inftance intereft leaſt lefs leſs lufts meaſure meer Miſchiefs moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never obferve Paffions perfons phancy Piety pleaſure poffible prefent pretend promifes publick purpoſe reafon refift reft Religion Satan ſhall Souls ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tis fure truth twere twill univerfal unleſs us'd uſe vertue vice wherein whileft whofe whoſe worfe worſe zeal
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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.