Several Discourses Upon Practical Subjects: The Arguments of which May be Collected from the ContentsW. Bowyer, 1725 - 412 páginas |
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... greater for being fuch ; because in fuch Cafes a Man hath not Time to fummon in his Strength , and put him- felf in a Pofture of Defence ; his Rea- fon is so astonifh'd with the Surprize , that he can't take a distinct View of the ...
... greater for being fuch ; because in fuch Cafes a Man hath not Time to fummon in his Strength , and put him- felf in a Pofture of Defence ; his Rea- fon is so astonifh'd with the Surprize , that he can't take a distinct View of the ...
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... greater than the most astonishing Misery in this Life can produce . Here the Paffions of the Soul fleep in a great Measure ; they are in Comparison but heavy and languid , for want of Objects ftrong enough to call them up ; Joys and ...
... greater than the most astonishing Misery in this Life can produce . Here the Paffions of the Soul fleep in a great Measure ; they are in Comparison but heavy and languid , for want of Objects ftrong enough to call them up ; Joys and ...
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... greater for being unexpected ; for by fur- prifing us unfortify'd they are more ter- rible to the Imagination , and reproach the Folly of our Conduct for not being provided against them . 2. Another folemn Circumftance of this Judgment ...
... greater for being unexpected ; for by fur- prifing us unfortify'd they are more ter- rible to the Imagination , and reproach the Folly of our Conduct for not being provided against them . 2. Another folemn Circumftance of this Judgment ...
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... greater Power . A rough and imperi- ous Perfon is apt to ftrain Justice into Rigour on the one Hand , and a soft and affable Difpofition , is in Danger of loos fening it into Indulgence and Infignificancy on the other . Some are brib'd ...
... greater Power . A rough and imperi- ous Perfon is apt to ftrain Justice into Rigour on the one Hand , and a soft and affable Difpofition , is in Danger of loos fening it into Indulgence and Infignificancy on the other . Some are brib'd ...
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... greater Advantage ; yet the Marks of the divine Fayour or Displeasure will not be always thus myftical and concealed ; for when the Book of Remembrance the Prophet men- tions is called over , then there will be a vifible and everlasting ...
... greater Advantage ; yet the Marks of the divine Fayour or Displeasure will not be always thus myftical and concealed ; for when the Book of Remembrance the Prophet men- tions is called over , then there will be a vifible and everlasting ...
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Página 409 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Página 12 - I faw the dead, fmall and great, ftand before GOD ; and the books were opened : and another book was opened, which is the book of life : and the dead were judged out of thofe things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Página 269 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Página 95 - I may be mighty through thee to pull down the strong holds of sin, to cast down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Página 55 - Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Página 409 - Let no Man fay when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with Evil, neither tempteth he any Man., but every Man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own Lufi, and enticed.
Página 336 - THERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Página 253 - As concerning, therefore, the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or earth (as there be gods many and lords many), but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him : And one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Página 160 - A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.