The Christian LifeR.N., 1686 - Christian life |
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... Creatures . For he is enough of Stage and Theatre to himself , and hath the fame fatif- fying Profpect of his own Glory in the midst of all the loud Blafphemies of Hell , as among the per- petual Hallelujahs of Heaven . And having fo ...
... Creatures . For he is enough of Stage and Theatre to himself , and hath the fame fatif- fying Profpect of his own Glory in the midst of all the loud Blafphemies of Hell , as among the per- petual Hallelujahs of Heaven . And having fo ...
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... Creatures . For Happineß , ( as hath been pre- mifed ) confifts not in Reft , but in Motion , and there is no Motion can contribute to the Happines of any Being , but what is fuitable to its own Nature . Nature . Now what motion can be ...
... Creatures . For Happineß , ( as hath been pre- mifed ) confifts not in Reft , but in Motion , and there is no Motion can contribute to the Happines of any Being , but what is fuitable to its own Nature . Nature . Now what motion can be ...
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... Creature , than to Love and Adore the Author of its Being and Well- Being ; to bow to the Will of the Almighty Sove reign , and to imitate the Perfections of the Supreme Standard and Pattern of all Reafonable Beings ; to rely and depend ...
... Creature , than to Love and Adore the Author of its Being and Well- Being ; to bow to the Will of the Almighty Sove reign , and to imitate the Perfections of the Supreme Standard and Pattern of all Reafonable Beings ; to rely and depend ...
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... Creature ; who in this bleffed ftate is fixed , as it were in his own proper Element , where , without any lett or disturbance , he freely moves and acts according to his most natural Ten- dence and Inclination . ; And now by this time ...
... Creature ; who in this bleffed ftate is fixed , as it were in his own proper Element , where , without any lett or disturbance , he freely moves and acts according to his most natural Ten- dence and Inclination . ; And now by this time ...
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... Creatures , but especially to Rational Creatures that are of the fame Class and Society with us . That I may therefore proceed more diftinctly in this Argument , I fhall endeavour to fhew what thofe Virtues of the Chriftian Life are ...
... Creatures , but especially to Rational Creatures that are of the fame Class and Society with us . That I may therefore proceed more diftinctly in this Argument , I fhall endeavour to fhew what thofe Virtues of the Chriftian Life are ...
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Page 358 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 367 - Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 388 - For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 388 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Page 37 - Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 347 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 247 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft : teaching them to obferve all things whatfoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Page 242 - ... strengths and capacities, and, like Jacob, hath marched softly and in evenness with the children and the cattle, to entertain us by the comforts of his company, and the influence of a perpetual guide. He that gives alms to the poor takes Jesus by the...
Page 136 - Means of which we can exprefs our Thoughts, and maintain a mutual Intelligence of Minds, with one another ; and thereby divert our Sorrows, mingle our Mirth, impart our Secrets, communicate our Counfels, and make mutual Compacts and Agreements to fupply and affift each other.
Page 247 - Authority to send others, and with a Promise that he would be with them to the End of the World.