The Works of Jeremy Taylor, Volume 2A. J. Valpy, 1831 - Theology |
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... heaven in exchange for one of these diseases . Is it not a fearful consideration , that a man should rather choose eternally to perish than to say his prayers heartily and affectionately ? but so it is with very many men ; they are ...
... heaven in exchange for one of these diseases . Is it not a fearful consideration , that a man should rather choose eternally to perish than to say his prayers heartily and affectionately ? but so it is with very many men ; they are ...
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... heaven , and the other for an un- certain honor , and an eternity of flames . But , however , by this time that he hath won something , he hath spent some years , and he hath not much time left him to rest in his new purchase , and he ...
... heaven , and the other for an un- certain honor , and an eternity of flames . But , however , by this time that he hath won something , he hath spent some years , and he hath not much time left him to rest in his new purchase , and he ...
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... heaven and earth can come by chance , when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster ? To see rare effects and no cause ; an excellent government and no prince ; a motion with- out an immoveable ; a circle without a centre ; a ...
... heaven and earth can come by chance , when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster ? To see rare effects and no cause ; an excellent government and no prince ; a motion with- out an immoveable ; a circle without a centre ; a ...
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... heaven , moments before eternity , money above God himself ; that a man's felicity consists in that which a beast enjoys ; that a little in present , uncertain , fallible possession , is better than the certain state of infinite glories ...
... heaven , moments before eternity , money above God himself ; that a man's felicity consists in that which a beast enjoys ; that a little in present , uncertain , fallible possession , is better than the certain state of infinite glories ...
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... heaven is to be had for a sigh , or a short prayer , and yet hell shall not be consequent to the affections , and labors , and hellish services of a whole life ; he goes on and cares not , he hopes without a promise , and refuses to ...
... heaven is to be had for a sigh , or a short prayer , and yet hell shall not be consequent to the affections , and labors , and hellish services of a whole life ; he goes on and cares not , he hopes without a promise , and refuses to ...
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Page 268 - I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Page 310 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 238 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 160 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 256 - Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God ; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled : lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 215 - Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood ; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Page 244 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 206 - Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute...
Page 148 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Page 324 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.