Letters to a young lady, in which the duties and character of women are considered, Volume 2 |
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... certainly ought not to be amenable to the congregation . whom they are ordained to instruct , and from whom they are not to withhold what is profitable . The liberty of choofing their own inftructors , or , what is tanta- mount , of ...
... certainly ought not to be amenable to the congregation . whom they are ordained to instruct , and from whom they are not to withhold what is profitable . The liberty of choofing their own inftructors , or , what is tanta- mount , of ...
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... certainly be faid to be drawn of God . A fuperior intel- lect may perhaps poffefs fufficient acute- nefs to discover a difference between that fore - knowledge which difcerns , and that which propels , and may also perceive that they ...
... certainly be faid to be drawn of God . A fuperior intel- lect may perhaps poffefs fufficient acute- nefs to discover a difference between that fore - knowledge which difcerns , and that which propels , and may also perceive that they ...
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Jane West. fcription refer to the natural individual Adam , it is moft certainly contradicted by Scripture , where the father of the human race is reprefented as a finner , but as a reprieved contrite finner , de- pending upon the divine ...
Jane West. fcription refer to the natural individual Adam , it is moft certainly contradicted by Scripture , where the father of the human race is reprefented as a finner , but as a reprieved contrite finner , de- pending upon the divine ...
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... virgin victim to monaftic feverities and feclufion , by captivating her imagination with the fallacious title of the Spouse of God . The poetical lati- D 3 tude tude of Eastern literature has certainly bestowed this name , 53.
... virgin victim to monaftic feverities and feclufion , by captivating her imagination with the fallacious title of the Spouse of God . The poetical lati- D 3 tude tude of Eastern literature has certainly bestowed this name , 53.
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Jane West. tude of Eastern literature has certainly bestowed this name , among many others , on the Church ; and the metaphor , when taken in this general fenfe , is as appro- priate and beautiful , as it is dangerous and abfurd when ...
Jane West. tude of Eastern literature has certainly bestowed this name , among many others , on the Church ; and the metaphor , when taken in this general fenfe , is as appro- priate and beautiful , as it is dangerous and abfurd when ...
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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.