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... forced to wander to and fro , tormented with a reftless Rage , an Hungry and Unsatisfied Defire , craving Food , but neither find- ing , nor expecting any ; and fo in unexpreffible F 3 Anguish Anguish they pine away a long Eternity ...
... forced to wander to and fro , tormented with a reftless Rage , an Hungry and Unsatisfied Defire , craving Food , but neither find- ing , nor expecting any ; and fo in unexpreffible F 3 Anguish Anguish they pine away a long Eternity ...
Page 70
... forced to fit fill for want of proper Tools to work with , and fo , by often loitering , grow by degrees liftless and unactive , and at the laft , are utterly indifpofed to any Rational Operations ; ) Befides this , I fay , which muft ...
... forced to fit fill for want of proper Tools to work with , and fo , by often loitering , grow by degrees liftless and unactive , and at the laft , are utterly indifpofed to any Rational Operations ; ) Befides this , I fay , which muft ...
Page 89
... our thoughts must be often diverted from him , and forced to attend to our fecular occafions ; yet after they have been used a while to God , we H 3 fhall fhall find they will never be fo well pleased , Chap.III . 89 The Divine Virtues .
... our thoughts must be often diverted from him , and forced to attend to our fecular occafions ; yet after they have been used a while to God , we H 3 fhall fhall find they will never be fo well pleased , Chap.III . 89 The Divine Virtues .
Page 98
... forced to abide and endure it with extreme regret and torment . For whilft our minds are averfe and repugnant to him , whatsoever we fee in him will but the more enrage and can- ker our malice against him ; and even the fight of thofe ...
... forced to abide and endure it with extreme regret and torment . For whilft our minds are averfe and repugnant to him , whatsoever we fee in him will but the more enrage and can- ker our malice against him ; and even the fight of thofe ...
Page 108
... forced to make Invectives against himself , and continually to carry his own Satyrs in his bofom ? In this life indeed , what by difguifing our Faults with specious Names , or colouring them over with plaufible pretences ; what by ...
... forced to make Invectives against himself , and continually to carry his own Satyrs in his bofom ? In this life indeed , what by difguifing our Faults with specious Names , or colouring them over with plaufible pretences ; what by ...
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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.