Garden MeditationsReligious Tract Soc., 1838 - 172 páginas |
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... honour of thy progenitors , ascend as high as thy great progenitor , the earth ; who opened her womb to bear us all , and ere long will open her mouth to receive us all , when we shall be resolved into our first matter . " Then shall ...
... honour of thy progenitors , ascend as high as thy great progenitor , the earth ; who opened her womb to bear us all , and ere long will open her mouth to receive us all , when we shall be resolved into our first matter . " Then shall ...
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... Honour is the emptiest of bubbles ; and he that this day is as- cending the highest round of the ladder of pro ... honours which will last to eternity ; pleasures at God's right hand that never shall have an end ; there is meat that pe ...
... Honour is the emptiest of bubbles ; and he that this day is as- cending the highest round of the ladder of pro ... honours which will last to eternity ; pleasures at God's right hand that never shall have an end ; there is meat that pe ...
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... honours , and some pleasures , and yet agree not on the means to attain their end . Those that aim at riches , tread not all in the same steps . Some go a more plain way than others do , and by labo- rious toiling , care , and pains ...
... honours , and some pleasures , and yet agree not on the means to attain their end . Those that aim at riches , tread not all in the same steps . Some go a more plain way than others do , and by labo- rious toiling , care , and pains ...
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... honour take the way of virtue , and seek distinction by desert ; but these are few the greater number endeavour to ascend the steps of promotion by fawning , and flattery , and such indirect courses ; but though these are the most ...
... honour take the way of virtue , and seek distinction by desert ; but these are few the greater number endeavour to ascend the steps of promotion by fawning , and flattery , and such indirect courses ; but though these are the most ...
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... honours and pleasures the world affords , bear no more proportion to true riches , true pleasures , and true honours , than painted fire on the wall to true fire , or a king upon a stage to a king upon the throne ; they only bear an ...
... honours and pleasures the world affords , bear no more proportion to true riches , true pleasures , and true honours , than painted fire on the wall to true fire , or a king upon a stage to a king upon the throne ; they only bear an ...
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Página 74 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall' be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Página 83 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, "Sit thou here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool," are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Página 126 - I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.' 70 chapter 24: 20 30 1 went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; "and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 70 - Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit : for without Me ye can do nothing.
Página 66 - Having, then gifts, differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Página 5 - For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God ; but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Página 108 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep ; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Página 70 - But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while : for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Página 74 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Página 172 - For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.