The whole duty of man. With Private devotionsfor J. Eyre, 1749 |
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... poffible for us , and above any thing elfe : And therefore to the fulfilling this Commandment , it is neceffary we love him in that Degree ; and if we do fo , then certainly we fhall have not only fome flight and faint Endeavours of ...
... poffible for us , and above any thing elfe : And therefore to the fulfilling this Commandment , it is neceffary we love him in that Degree ; and if we do fo , then certainly we fhall have not only fome flight and faint Endeavours of ...
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... poffible , and be careful to use them diligently , to that end of uniting us ftill more to him ; yea , we shall come to these spiritual Exercises with the fame Chearfulness we fhould go to our dearest Friend . And if indeed we do thus ...
... poffible , and be careful to use them diligently , to that end of uniting us ftill more to him ; yea , we shall come to these spiritual Exercises with the fame Chearfulness we fhould go to our dearest Friend . And if indeed we do thus ...
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... poffible we may tranfgrefs against Men , and they not know it ; I may , perhaps , fteal my Neighbour's Goods , or defile his Wife , and keep it fo clofe that he hall not fufpect me , and so never bring me to Pu- nishment for it ; but ...
... poffible we may tranfgrefs against Men , and they not know it ; I may , perhaps , fteal my Neighbour's Goods , or defile his Wife , and keep it fo clofe that he hall not fufpect me , and so never bring me to Pu- nishment for it ; but ...
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... poffible for Men thus to cheat themselves ; but however , it is certain we cannot deceive God , he will not be mocked , and therefore if we will not now fo fear , as to avoid Sin , we fhall one Day fear , when it will be too late to ...
... poffible for Men thus to cheat themselves ; but however , it is certain we cannot deceive God , he will not be mocked , and therefore if we will not now fo fear , as to avoid Sin , we fhall one Day fear , when it will be too late to ...
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... poffible Wa avoiding , can at most be said to be but the rying of the Crofs ; but then only can we faid to take it up , when having a Means of e ping it by a Sin , we rather chufe to endure Crofs , than commit the Sin ; for then it is ...
... poffible Wa avoiding , can at most be said to be but the rying of the Crofs ; but then only can we faid to take it up , when having a Means of e ping it by a Sin , we rather chufe to endure Crofs , than commit the Sin ; for then it is ...
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Page 207 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Page 250 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 397 - God, thou that art the God of my health : and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.
Page 27 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Page 415 - Behold, for peace I had great bitterness : but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption : for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Page 396 - Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
Page 377 - Teach me thy way, O LORD, and I will walk in thy truth : O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy name.
Page 407 - Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory : where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained ? Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.
Page 73 - Greater love than this hath no man, that a man lay down his life for his friends ; but God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 419 - For innumerable troubles are come about me ; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart bath failed me.