The Whole Works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel ...A. Weir & A. M'Lean, 1770 |
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... cause , ' tis faid , 300 CHAP . XXIV . In feas the greater fifh the less devour : So fome men crush all those within their pow'r , C HA P. XXV . 303 In ftorms to spread much fail endangers all : 306 308 So carnal mirth , if God for ...
... cause , ' tis faid , 300 CHAP . XXIV . In feas the greater fifh the less devour : So fome men crush all those within their pow'r , C HA P. XXV . 303 In ftorms to spread much fail endangers all : 306 308 So carnal mirth , if God for ...
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... causes have first wrought . It is not in the power of husbandmen to ripen fruits at pleasure , our times are in the hands of God , therefore it is good to wait ; a long - fuffering patience will reap the defired fruit . Thus you have ...
... causes have first wrought . It is not in the power of husbandmen to ripen fruits at pleasure , our times are in the hands of God , therefore it is good to wait ; a long - fuffering patience will reap the defired fruit . Thus you have ...
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... cause them to proclaim and preach to you divine and heavenly myfteries ; whilst others make them groan , by abusing them to fin , and subjecting them to their lufts . A man may be caft into fuch a condition , where- in he cannot enjoy ...
... cause them to proclaim and preach to you divine and heavenly myfteries ; whilst others make them groan , by abusing them to fin , and subjecting them to their lufts . A man may be caft into fuch a condition , where- in he cannot enjoy ...
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... cause I meet not with it as foon as I expect , my lazy heart throws by the fhovel , and cries , dig I cannot . Thirdly , If this be indeed the rich and thriv- The worldings ing trade , why do I puddle about the poor , reflection . low ...
... cause I meet not with it as foon as I expect , my lazy heart throws by the fhovel , and cries , dig I cannot . Thirdly , If this be indeed the rich and thriv- The worldings ing trade , why do I puddle about the poor , reflection . low ...
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... cause there is moft of God's love and care difcovered in giving in cur daily bread , by a daily providence . It is betwixt fuch a condition , and a fulness of creature - provifions in our land , as it was betwixt Egypt and Canaan ...
... cause there is moft of God's love and care difcovered in giving in cur daily bread , by a daily providence . It is betwixt fuch a condition , and a fulness of creature - provifions in our land , as it was betwixt Egypt and Canaan ...
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Page 19 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 107 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 449 - Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink ; ye clothe you, but there is none warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Page 40 - Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD : for great is the glory of the LORD.
Page 23 - And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Page 373 - To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 450 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Page 393 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Page 74 - Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Page 425 - For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.