An essay of particular advice to the young gentry, by the author of Youths grand concern [signed J.G.]. |
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Página iii
... live in , yet ' tis hoped it will meet with fome Readers befides your felf whom neither the Brisknefs of Youth , nor the Splendor and Af- fluence of worldly Profperity , has rendred wholly averfe to fuch plain and faithful Moni- tions ...
... live in , yet ' tis hoped it will meet with fome Readers befides your felf whom neither the Brisknefs of Youth , nor the Splendor and Af- fluence of worldly Profperity , has rendred wholly averfe to fuch plain and faithful Moni- tions ...
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... Lives of divers young Princes , No- blemen , Gentlemen , and Ladies , who have been eminently re- ligious , notwithstanding the Affluence of their Earthly Enjoy- ments , The EXAMPLES of of .. King Edward VI .. Queen Elizabeth , p . 29 P ...
... Lives of divers young Princes , No- blemen , Gentlemen , and Ladies , who have been eminently re- ligious , notwithstanding the Affluence of their Earthly Enjoy- ments , The EXAMPLES of of .. King Edward VI .. Queen Elizabeth , p . 29 P ...
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... live , and carry Honour and Felicity with them into another World , where they fhall for ever enjoy the utmost Con ... Lives and Acti- ons anfwer the Nobility of their Extraction , and the Eminency of their Rank and Station ? Although ...
... live , and carry Honour and Felicity with them into another World , where they fhall for ever enjoy the utmost Con ... Lives and Acti- ons anfwer the Nobility of their Extraction , and the Eminency of their Rank and Station ? Although ...
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... Lives , and true Religion for the faving of their Souls ; The first Principles that are commonly taught them , are , how to please their Senfes , and pamper their Ap petites , from whence one may easily guefs , what fort of Habits and ...
... Lives , and true Religion for the faving of their Souls ; The first Principles that are commonly taught them , are , how to please their Senfes , and pamper their Ap petites , from whence one may easily guefs , what fort of Habits and ...
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... live in Pomp and delicate Voluptuoufnefs among the Ungod- ly Egyptians For by an Eye of Faith he was enabled to look beyond the prefent Ignominy and Sufferings , unto the future Glory and Joy , in which all his Af- ajons would end . I ...
... live in Pomp and delicate Voluptuoufnefs among the Ungod- ly Egyptians For by an Eye of Faith he was enabled to look beyond the prefent Ignominy and Sufferings , unto the future Glory and Joy , in which all his Af- ajons would end . I ...
Términos y frases comunes
Affections againſt alfo Allurements almoſt alſo becauſe Bishop bleffed Charity Chrift Chriftian Church Church of England confiderable conftant continu'd Converfation Defires Delights Devotion Difcourfe Divine Divine Grace Earthly efpecially Eftate Efteem eminent Enjoyments Eſtate excellent Exercifes faid Faith fame feem felf felves fent ferious ferve feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fincere firft fmall fome fometimes foon Friends ftill fuch fuffer fuitable Glory Grace greateſt Happineſs happy Heaven herſelf higheſt himſelf holy Honour Houfe Houſe illuftrious Inftance Inftructions juft King Lady laft lefs liv'd live Lord Love Mafter meaſure Mind moft moſt noble notwithſtanding obferve Occafions Paffions Perfons Piety pious Pleafures Poffeffions poffible Poor Prayers prefent Profperity publick Purpoſes Reafon refift Refolution Refpect Religion religious Riches Right Honourable Senfe Sermon ſhe Souls Spirit Temptations thefe themſelves thereof theſe Things thofe thoſe thought true unto uſeful Virtue Wealth whofe Wiſdom World Worſhip Young Youth
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Página 168 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Página 167 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Página 181 - 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.
Página 3 - He made him ride on the high places of the earth, That he might eat the increase of the fields; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock...
Página 61 - I might not die eternally! and my hope is that I shall shortly leave this valley of tears, and be free from all fevers and pain; and, which will be a more happy condition, I shall be free from sin, and all the temptations and anxieties that attend it; and this being past, I shall dwell in the New Jerusalem; dwell there with men made perfect; dwell where these eyes shall see my Master and Saviour Jesus; and with Him see my dear mother and all my relations and friends.
Página 147 - It was ordained for the procreation of children, to be brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord, and to the praise of his holy name.
Página 59 - Chrysostom to commend and declare it ; a life, that if it were related by a pen like his, there would then be no need for this age to look back into times past for the examples of primitive piety; for they might be all found in the life of George Herbert.
Página 56 - I need not their help, to reprove the vanity of those many love-poems that are daily writ and consecrated to Venus ; nor to bewail that so few are writ, that look towards God and heaven. For my own part, my meaning (dear mother) is in these sonnets, to declare my resolution to be, that my poor abilities in poetry shall be all and ever consecrated...
Página 60 - I beseech him that my humble and charitable life may so win upon others as to bring glory to my JESUS, whom I have this day taken to be my Master and Governor; and I am so proud of his service that I will always observe, and obey, and do his will; and always call him Jesus my Master...
Página 59 - Woodnot looked in at the churchwindow, and saw him lie prostrate on the ground before the altar: at which time and place (as he after told Mr. Woodnot) he set some rules to himself, for the future manage of his life; and then and there made a vow, to labour to keep them.