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... contrary Vertues , p . 365 , 366 , & c . tenthly , that we should labour after a rational and well - grounded Affurance , p.369 , 370 , & c . SECT . VI . Containing certain Motives to perfwade men to the Practice of thefe duties of Per ...
... contrary Vertues , p . 365 , 366 , & c . tenthly , that we should labour after a rational and well - grounded Affurance , p.369 , 370 , & c . SECT . VI . Containing certain Motives to perfwade men to the Practice of thefe duties of Per ...
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... Contrary . But were Happineß nothing else but a non - perception of Mifery , it would have no pofitive Effence or reality of its own , which is directly contrary to all humane Experience . For we plain- ly feel , that our Happineß hath ...
... Contrary . But were Happineß nothing else but a non - perception of Mifery , it would have no pofitive Effence or reality of its own , which is directly contrary to all humane Experience . For we plain- ly feel , that our Happineß hath ...
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... contrary virtuous ones by the contrary Practices . For Religion pro- ceeds in the methods of Nature , and carries us on from from the Act to the Difpofitions , and from the 30 Of the Chriftian Life .
... contrary virtuous ones by the contrary Practices . For Religion pro- ceeds in the methods of Nature , and carries us on from from the Act to the Difpofitions , and from the 30 Of the Chriftian Life .
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... contrary to their vicious Habits , and to perfift in the practice of them till they have mortified thofe Habits , and throughly habituated and inured themfelves to theft . So that the Grace of God is like a Graff , which though it is ...
... contrary to their vicious Habits , and to perfift in the practice of them till they have mortified thofe Habits , and throughly habituated and inured themfelves to theft . So that the Grace of God is like a Graff , which though it is ...
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... contrary Natures contrary Propenfions , viz . Rational and Senfual , or Ange- lical and Brutish , and in the due Subordination of these his Senfual to his Rational Propenfions , confifts all Humane Virtue . For his Reafon being the ...
... contrary Natures contrary Propenfions , viz . Rational and Senfual , or Ange- lical and Brutish , and in the due Subordination of these his Senfual to his Rational Propenfions , confifts all Humane Virtue . For his Reafon being the ...
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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.