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... serve a temporal end upon the death of souls , that is an interest not to be handled but with nobleness and ingenuity , fair and caution , dili- fear gence and prudence , with great skill and great honesty , with reverence , with ...
... serve a temporal end upon the death of souls , that is an interest not to be handled but with nobleness and ingenuity , fair and caution , dili- fear gence and prudence , with great skill and great honesty , with reverence , with ...
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... served for ornament ; and in a short time even they that served for necessity become useless , and entangled like the wheels of a broken clock . Baldness is but a dressing to our fu- nerals , the proper ornament of mourning * , and of a ...
... served for ornament ; and in a short time even they that served for necessity become useless , and entangled like the wheels of a broken clock . Baldness is but a dressing to our fu- nerals , the proper ornament of mourning * , and of a ...
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... served to myself in lust [ that was and is all my por- tion : ] the wealth with which I was [ esteemed ] blessed , my enemies meeting together shall bear away , as the mad Thyades carry a raw goat . I am gone to hell ; and when I went ...
... served to myself in lust [ that was and is all my por- tion : ] the wealth with which I was [ esteemed ] blessed , my enemies meeting together shall bear away , as the mad Thyades carry a raw goat . I am gone to hell ; and when I went ...
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... serve the ambition of a haughty prince , or an usurping rebel : too little time to purchase great wealth , to satisfy the pride of a vain - glorious fool , to trample upon all the enemies of our just or unjust inte- rest : but for the ...
... serve the ambition of a haughty prince , or an usurping rebel : too little time to purchase great wealth , to satisfy the pride of a vain - glorious fool , to trample upon all the enemies of our just or unjust inte- rest : but for the ...
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... served God with so much holiness , mortified sin with so great a labour , purchased virtue at such a rate , and so rare an industry ? It must needs be that such a man must die when he ought to die , and be like ripe and pleasant fruit ...
... served God with so much holiness , mortified sin with so great a labour , purchased virtue at such a rate , and so rare an industry ? It must needs be that such a man must die when he ought to die , and be like ripe and pleasant fruit ...
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Page 322 - Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to "Whom be glory for ever and ever, amen
Page 321 - Lord, save thy people : and bless thine heritage. Govern them : and lift them up for ever. Day by day : we magnify thee ; And we worship thy Name : ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord : to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us : as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded.
Page 176 - Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger. Thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Page 174 - The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; Therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, To the soul that seeketh him.
Page 18 - There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labour.
Page 188 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth, Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 312 - I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Page 9 - ... full with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head, and broke its stalk, and at night having lost some of its leaves and all its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces.
Page 176 - For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Page 243 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.