Letters to a young lady, in which the duties and character of women are considered, Volume 2 |
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... because miracles have fometimes happened , we are not to ex- pect their frequent recurrence in the na- tural world ; nor because there have been fingular interpofitions of divine grace , and extraordinary converfions , are we al- lowed ...
... because miracles have fometimes happened , we are not to ex- pect their frequent recurrence in the na- tural world ; nor because there have been fingular interpofitions of divine grace , and extraordinary converfions , are we al- lowed ...
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... because these latter were brought about by the agency of the prince of the power of the air . This is imagination , not in- ftruction . Who can grow wifer or better , by liftening to fuch reveries ? It is moft certain , that the coming ...
... because these latter were brought about by the agency of the prince of the power of the air . This is imagination , not in- ftruction . Who can grow wifer or better , by liftening to fuch reveries ? It is moft certain , that the coming ...
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... because their lawful teachers strive to im- prove their stubborn bearts , and to correct their vicious lives , inftead of gratifying their itching ears , or foothing their fan- taftic imaginations ? Were we to follow the brainfick incon ...
... because their lawful teachers strive to im- prove their stubborn bearts , and to correct their vicious lives , inftead of gratifying their itching ears , or foothing their fan- taftic imaginations ? Were we to follow the brainfick incon ...
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... because in monarchies you have " found fome oppreffion , in democracies " fome turbulence , and in every form of " civil government fomething inconfift- " ent with your ideas of perfection Hey's Lectures , vol . 2d , pages 119 , 120 . I ...
... because in monarchies you have " found fome oppreffion , in democracies " fome turbulence , and in every form of " civil government fomething inconfift- " ent with your ideas of perfection Hey's Lectures , vol . 2d , pages 119 , 120 . I ...
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... Pretenfions to fuperior fanctity are always dangerous , as they pro- voke a scrutiny which human rectitude can rarely fuftain . God forbid , however , that that because there have been devotees and hypocrites , we 94.
... Pretenfions to fuperior fanctity are always dangerous , as they pro- voke a scrutiny which human rectitude can rarely fuftain . God forbid , however , that that because there have been devotees and hypocrites , we 94.
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Page 302 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 79 - To love, honour, and succour my father and mother : To honour and obey the King, and all that are put in authority under him : To submit myself to all my governors, teachers, spiritual pastors and masters : To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters...
Page 259 - Whofo eateth my flefh, and drinketh my blood, . hath eternal life, and I will raife him up at the laft day.
Page 154 - He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: But the friend of the bridegroom which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.
Page 143 - THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft be with us all evermore.
Page 384 - there is a time to weep as well as a " time to laugh, a time to dance, and a "time to mourn.
Page 258 - ... 64 But there are fome of you that believe not. For Jefus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who fhould betray him.
Page 332 - blufhes reddening as fhe moves along, " diforder'd at the deep regard fhe draws...
Page 451 - Arabs, like other Orientals, hold that, in such matters, man is saved, not by faith, but by want of faith. They have also a saying not unlike ours— " She partly is to blame who has been tried, He comes too near who comes to be denied.
Page 348 - Lord. i» i Tim. v. 8. But if any provide not for his own, and efpecially for thofe of his own houfe, he hath denied the faith, and is worfe than an infidel.