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... necessary to the life of man . The apostle hath told us , that worldly forrow causeth death . Sorrow and sadness , melancholy and discontent spoils the temper of a man's mind ; it vitiates the humours of the body ; it prevents the ...
... necessary to the life of man . The apostle hath told us , that worldly forrow causeth death . Sorrow and sadness , melancholy and discontent spoils the temper of a man's mind ; it vitiates the humours of the body ; it prevents the ...
Page 217
... necessary aid and affistance . But that you may believe this , I can give you all the affurance of rea- fon and scripture . Yea , furvey the whole creation of God , and you fhall find that God hath provided for all neceflary effects ...
... necessary aid and affistance . But that you may believe this , I can give you all the affurance of rea- fon and scripture . Yea , furvey the whole creation of God , and you fhall find that God hath provided for all neceflary effects ...
Page 273
... necessary convenien- cies of life . 2ly . If we would take a right estimate of man , we must not only confider him in refpect of the pre- fent ftate , but also of the future . 3ly . The state of man in the world to come holds a ...
... necessary convenien- cies of life . 2ly . If we would take a right estimate of man , we must not only confider him in refpect of the pre- fent ftate , but also of the future . 3ly . The state of man in the world to come holds a ...
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... necessary , he needs not charge himself with them ; for they will be done of course ; and for things impoffible , it is a vain thing for him to undertake ; for they cannot be done by him , or any power whatsoever . Where- fore we are ...
... necessary , he needs not charge himself with them ; for they will be done of course ; and for things impoffible , it is a vain thing for him to undertake ; for they cannot be done by him , or any power whatsoever . Where- fore we are ...
Page 337
... necessary and effential perfections , and a man ceaseth to be a man , if divested of thefe , and turned out of intel- lectual nature ; he ceaseth to be à man . But as long as he is a man , he cannot be without the neceffary perfections ...
... necessary and effential perfections , and a man ceaseth to be a man , if divested of thefe , and turned out of intel- lectual nature ; he ceaseth to be à man . But as long as he is a man , he cannot be without the neceffary perfections ...
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Page 269 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 275 - God ; who will render to every man according to his deeds : to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life : but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 179 - And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Page 4 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Page 271 - ... as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again; so that a man cannot know where it went through...
Page 25 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 119 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping, and with mourning ; and rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God ; for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and repenteth Him of the evil.
Page 240 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 282 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 361 - ... to be throughout rational in what they do ; for these things have a Divine foundation. The spirit in man is the Candle of the Lord, lighted by God, and lighting men to God.