No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ; and that the Denial of Self, and Daily Bearing of Christ's Cross, is Alone the Way to the Rest and Kingdom of God. To which are Added, the Living and Dying Testimonies of Many Persons of Ame and Learning, Both of Ancient Times and Modern Times, in Favour of this Treatise. In Two Parts |
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... virtue is the same , it cannot be ex- hausted ; for in him the fulness dwells : blessed be God for his sufficiency . He laid help upon him , that he might be mighty to save all that come to God through him do thou so , and he will ...
... virtue is the same , it cannot be ex- hausted ; for in him the fulness dwells : blessed be God for his sufficiency . He laid help upon him , that he might be mighty to save all that come to God through him do thou so , and he will ...
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... virtue , upon better times , they are scandalously fallen below the life of heathens . Their high - mindedness , lasciviousness , uncleanness , drunken- ness , swearing , lying , envy , backbiting , cruelty , trea- chery , covetousness ...
... virtue , upon better times , they are scandalously fallen below the life of heathens . Their high - mindedness , lasciviousness , uncleanness , drunken- ness , swearing , lying , envy , backbiting , cruelty , trea- chery , covetousness ...
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... virtue than a chip ; poor empty shadows , not so much as images of the Some carry them for charms about them , but never repel one evil with them . They sin with them upon their backs , and though they put them in their bosoms , their ...
... virtue than a chip ; poor empty shadows , not so much as images of the Some carry them for charms about them , but never repel one evil with them . They sin with them upon their backs , and though they put them in their bosoms , their ...
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... virtue . True godliness does not turn men out of the world , but enables them to live better in it , and excites their endeavours to mend it : " not hide their candle under a bushel , but set it upon a table , in a candlestick ...
... virtue . True godliness does not turn men out of the world , but enables them to live better in it , and excites their endeavours to mend it : " not hide their candle under a bushel , but set it upon a table , in a candlestick ...
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... virtue that seeks and uses it : wishing there were more of it in the world : but then it should be free , not constrained . What benefit to the mind , to have it for a punishment , and not a pleasure ? Nay , I have long thought it an ...
... virtue that seeks and uses it : wishing there were more of it in the world : but then it should be free , not constrained . What benefit to the mind , to have it for a punishment , and not a pleasure ? Nay , I have long thought it an ...
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