Letters to a young lady, in which the duties and character of women are considered, Volume 2 |
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... use it as the fign of their diffent from the great body of the efta- blished church . To me it appears a diftinction without a difference ; or rather , that the difputed points are of fuch a metaphyfical fubtile nature , as to elude the ...
... use it as the fign of their diffent from the great body of the efta- blished church . To me it appears a diftinction without a difference ; or rather , that the difputed points are of fuch a metaphyfical fubtile nature , as to elude the ...
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... use of expreffions , which even the bold figures of oriental imagery scarcely justified them in adopting . I can no where find in holy writ , that at the fall " Adam loft the image of God , and be- came the image of the Devil , that ...
... use of expreffions , which even the bold figures of oriental imagery scarcely justified them in adopting . I can no where find in holy writ , that at the fall " Adam loft the image of God , and be- came the image of the Devil , that ...
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... use of thofe means of grace that are of divine appointment ; I mean prayer , and the holy eucharist . Should the preacher whom we attend attempt to illuftrate his profelyting labours by telling his auditory , that from a grievous finner ...
... use of thofe means of grace that are of divine appointment ; I mean prayer , and the holy eucharist . Should the preacher whom we attend attempt to illuftrate his profelyting labours by telling his auditory , that from a grievous finner ...
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... use these terms in a qualified fense ; and if we read our own hearts aright , we shall discover many things par- taking of both those characters , If , by being born again , we are to understand teftimonials of fobriety and regularity ...
... use these terms in a qualified fense ; and if we read our own hearts aright , we shall discover many things par- taking of both those characters , If , by being born again , we are to understand teftimonials of fobriety and regularity ...
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... use- ful vocations , and fuppofe that religion confifts in collecting a crude undigested mafs of confufed ideas , perplexing their minds with vain inquiries and minute dif- tinctions , preferring the faftidiousness of the critic to the ...
... use- ful vocations , and fuppofe that religion confifts in collecting a crude undigested mafs of confufed ideas , perplexing their minds with vain inquiries and minute dif- tinctions , preferring the faftidiousness of the critic to the ...
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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.