The whole duty of man. With Private devotionsJ. Baskett, 1728 |
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... true , we cannot lofe our Souls in one sense , that is , fo lose them , that they fhall cease to be ; but we may lose them in another , that we should wifh to lose them even in that ; that is , we may lose that happy eftate to which ...
... true , we cannot lofe our Souls in one sense , that is , fo lose them , that they fhall cease to be ; but we may lose them in another , that we should wifh to lose them even in that ; that is , we may lose that happy eftate to which ...
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... true , & c . 13. But the acknowledging him for our God fignifies yet more than this ; it means , that we fhould perform to him all those feve- ral parts of duty , which belong from a creature to his God : What thofe are I am now to tell ...
... true , & c . 13. But the acknowledging him for our God fignifies yet more than this ; it means , that we fhould perform to him all those feve- ral parts of duty , which belong from a creature to his God : What thofe are I am now to tell ...
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... true . This neceffarily arifes from that attribute , his truth ; it being natural for us to believe what- foever is faid of one of whofe truth we are confident . Now the Holy Scriptures being the Word of God , we are therefore to con ...
... true . This neceffarily arifes from that attribute , his truth ; it being natural for us to believe what- foever is faid of one of whofe truth we are confident . Now the Holy Scriptures being the Word of God , we are therefore to con ...
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... true Hope is that which purifies us , St. John faith , i Ep . iii . 3. Every man that hath this hope in him , purifieth himself , even as he is pure ; that is , it maketh him leave his fins , and earnestly endeavour to be holy as Chrift ...
... true Hope is that which purifies us , St. John faith , i Ep . iii . 3. Every man that hath this hope in him , purifieth himself , even as he is pure ; that is , it maketh him leave his fins , and earnestly endeavour to be holy as Chrift ...
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... true forrow for what is paft , and fincere obedience for the time to come : Nay , fo ac- ceptable a thing is it to God , to have any fin- ner return from the error of his ways , that there is a kind of triumph in Heaven for it , There ...
... true forrow for what is paft , and fincere obedience for the time to come : Nay , fo ac- ceptable a thing is it to God , to have any fin- ner return from the error of his ways , that there is a kind of triumph in Heaven for it , There ...
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Page 30 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Page 293 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 29 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page iii - And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Page 482 - O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me : and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling.
Page 488 - God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance ; thy holy temple have they defiled ; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Page 493 - O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save?
Page 414 - I shall fear to die in ; but that whether I live, I may live unto the Lord ; or whether I die, I may die unto the Lord ; so that living and dying I may be thine, through Jesus Christ.
Page 437 - O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be confounded, for I have put my trust in thee.