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... Virtue is to love , and chufe , and do that which has a natural good in it , which is good to our felves or others ... Virtues of the Chriftian Life , confifts in doing every thing which is for the good of men ; in feeding the Hungry ...
... Virtue is to love , and chufe , and do that which has a natural good in it , which is good to our felves or others ... Virtues of the Chriftian Life , confifts in doing every thing which is for the good of men ; in feeding the Hungry ...
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... Virtues too ; but whatever debafes our Natures , and is a re- proach to the Reason and Understanding of a man , whatever thrufts him down into the rank of brute Creatures , and either difturbs his ease , or changes the Pleafures of a ...
... Virtues too ; but whatever debafes our Natures , and is a re- proach to the Reason and Understanding of a man , whatever thrufts him down into the rank of brute Creatures , and either difturbs his ease , or changes the Pleafures of a ...
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... Virtues of Patience and Forgiveness , and loving Enemies ; leaving Vengeance to God , who is the juft Judge of the world , For vengeance is mine , I will repay it , faith the Lord ; which fup- poses that Vengeance is due to Sin , tho ...
... Virtues of Patience and Forgiveness , and loving Enemies ; leaving Vengeance to God , who is the juft Judge of the world , For vengeance is mine , I will repay it , faith the Lord ; which fup- poses that Vengeance is due to Sin , tho ...
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... Virtues for tho there are no Laws to reward a private Virtue , as there are to punifh Vice ; yet publick Honours , by the confent of Mankindy are thought the juft Re- wards of an eminent Virtue : This has procured the favour of the ...
... Virtues for tho there are no Laws to reward a private Virtue , as there are to punifh Vice ; yet publick Honours , by the confent of Mankindy are thought the juft Re- wards of an eminent Virtue : This has procured the favour of the ...
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... Virtue and Vice de ferve to be rewarded and punifhed , not only by Men , but by God too : This is the foundation of that terrible Objection against Providence , That good men are many times great Sufferers in this world , and the wicked ...
... Virtue and Vice de ferve to be rewarded and punifhed , not only by Men , but by God too : This is the foundation of that terrible Objection against Providence , That good men are many times great Sufferers in this world , and the wicked ...
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Page 363 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 260 - ... and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb...
Page 247 - Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one...
Page 313 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 345 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 220 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready : for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Page 363 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 316 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 150 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom : the rich man also died, and was buried...
Page 101 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.