The Theological Works, Volume 2Clarendon Press, 1818 |
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... means conducing to our falvation , do afford most admirable proofs and pledges of the fame im- menfe benignity . But in nothing is the divine goodness toward us more illustriously confpicuous , than in the nature and tendency of those ...
... means conducing to our falvation , do afford most admirable proofs and pledges of the fame im- menfe benignity . But in nothing is the divine goodness toward us more illustriously confpicuous , than in the nature and tendency of those ...
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... means to please and gratify ourselves ? —This may warn us how innocent and inof- fenfive , how compliant and complacent we should be in Rom . xv . 2. our behaviour toward others ; endeavouring to please them in all things , especially ...
... means to please and gratify ourselves ? —This may warn us how innocent and inof- fenfive , how compliant and complacent we should be in Rom . xv . 2. our behaviour toward others ; endeavouring to please them in all things , especially ...
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... means commonly dispensed to all ? May not any man at least be as wife and as good as we ? -Why then should we not esteem , why not affect him as much ? Doth relation to us alter the cafe ? is felf as felf lovely or valuable ? doth that ...
... means commonly dispensed to all ? May not any man at least be as wife and as good as we ? -Why then should we not esteem , why not affect him as much ? Doth relation to us alter the cafe ? is felf as felf lovely or valuable ? doth that ...
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... mean refpect or flight af fection will fatisfy us ; we cannot brook the least disre- gard or coldness ; to love us a little is all one to us as not to love us at all : it is therefore equitable that we should be engaged to the fame ...
... mean refpect or flight af fection will fatisfy us ; we cannot brook the least disre- gard or coldness ; to love us a little is all one to us as not to love us at all : it is therefore equitable that we should be engaged to the fame ...
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... means we may attain to fuch a practice ; ( how at least , by aiming at this top of perfection , we may ascend nearer and nearer thereto :) in the mean time experience doth fufficiently evince poffi- bility ; and affuredly that may be ...
... means we may attain to fuch a practice ; ( how at least , by aiming at this top of perfection , we may ascend nearer and nearer thereto :) in the mean time experience doth fufficiently evince poffi- bility ; and affuredly that may be ...
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affection affliction affured againſt alfo alſo Apoſtle becauſe beſt bleffed bounty cafe cauſe charity Chrift Chriſtian Chryf comfort confcience confequently confider confideration converfation courſe defigns defire difpofed difpofition divine doth duty eafily eſpecially eſteem evil exerciſe exprefs faid faith St fame fatisfaction fatisfy favour feem felves fenfe fervant ferve fhall fhew fince fome forrow foul ftate fuch fuffer fure glory God's goodneſs greateſt happineſs hath heart himſelf holy honour intereft itſelf Jefus leaſt lefs Lord Luke Matt meaſure mercy mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neighbour obferve occafion otherwiſe ourſelves paffions Paul perfons Pfal pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure practice preſent profperity Prov purpoſe reaſon reſpect Saviour ſay ſenſe SERM ſhall ſhould ſpiritual ſtate ſuch thee thefe themſelves thereof theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion unto uſe virtue wife wiſdom XXXI γὰρ καὶ τὸ τῶν
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Page 88 - Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Page 239 - For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Page 49 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Page 507 - ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, (in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility...
Page 160 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Page 321 - Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to "Whom be glory for ever and ever, amen
Page 43 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 148 - For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Page 269 - And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
Page 26 - But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned...