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... purpose I fhall fuperadd four things and the , 1. is , To keep within the compass of the cafe . Where men are honest in their way , do practise truth , and not practise upon truth , as pretenders , defigners , such as have by - ends and ...
... purpose I fhall fuperadd four things and the , 1. is , To keep within the compass of the cafe . Where men are honest in their way , do practise truth , and not practise upon truth , as pretenders , defigners , such as have by - ends and ...
Page 41
... purposes . Only God prohibited them the use of one tree ; whether to exprefs God's fo- vereignty , and to try their obedience and gratitude whom he had newly rais'd out of nothing to such a height and excellency of being , that he ...
... purposes . Only God prohibited them the use of one tree ; whether to exprefs God's fo- vereignty , and to try their obedience and gratitude whom he had newly rais'd out of nothing to such a height and excellency of being , that he ...
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... purpose , and that he is fo ready to promote it . How very inconfi- derable is man , as to God ; in respect of his being ? and how easy a thing is it for God to controul him ? How little is God profited by man's goodness and ...
... purpose , and that he is fo ready to promote it . How very inconfi- derable is man , as to God ; in respect of his being ? and how easy a thing is it for God to controul him ? How little is God profited by man's goodness and ...
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... purpose is the magistrate , that men may not be judges in their own cafe : The magiftrate is a person indifferent between both , and therefore he will more truly judge , because he is not concerned . He that takes upon him , to judge in ...
... purpose is the magistrate , that men may not be judges in their own cafe : The magiftrate is a person indifferent between both , and therefore he will more truly judge , because he is not concerned . He that takes upon him , to judge in ...
Page 73
... purpose and grace , which was given us in Chrift Jefus before the world began ; But is now made manifeft by the appearing of our Sa- viour Jefus Christ ; who hath abolished death , and brought life and immortality to light through the ...
... purpose and grace , which was given us in Chrift Jefus before the world began ; But is now made manifeft by the appearing of our Sa- viour Jefus Christ ; who hath abolished death , and brought life and immortality to light through the ...
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Page 157 - But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
Page 21 - Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 41 - He breathed into him the breath of life, and he became a living soul...
Page 330 - Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not to thine own understanding ; in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Page 96 - Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began...
Page 41 - For, we know that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diflblved, we have a building of GOD, an houfe not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Page 330 - He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Page 367 - Chrift, and be found in him; not having mine own righteoufnefs, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Chrift, the righteoufnefs which is of God by faith
Page 161 - Me through their word ; that they all may be one ; as Thou, FATHER, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they alfo may be one in Us : that the world may believe that Thou haft fent Me.
Page 139 - God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God : but made himfelf of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a fervant, and was made in the likenefs of men...