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... in this manner , confefs themselves unable to cure the evils of life ; fince they are forced to deftroy the man to get rid of the distemper ; a practice which must prove either the phyfician to be a fool , or the B 3 DISCOURSE XXVI . 5.
... in this manner , confefs themselves unable to cure the evils of life ; fince they are forced to deftroy the man to get rid of the distemper ; a practice which must prove either the phyfician to be a fool , or the B 3 DISCOURSE XXVI . 5.
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... themselves , by raifing fad prof- pects at a distance , and bringing within their view all the calamities which a warm imagination can re- prefent . Confider now upon what foot you will place human happiness : take the good things of ...
... themselves , by raifing fad prof- pects at a distance , and bringing within their view all the calamities which a warm imagination can re- prefent . Confider now upon what foot you will place human happiness : take the good things of ...
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... themselves , exclufive of these comforts , add weight to all our miseries , and are a burden too heavy for the spirit of a man to sustain . But furely there is fomething monftrous in fuch terrors ! They come not from religion by natural ...
... themselves , exclufive of these comforts , add weight to all our miseries , and are a burden too heavy for the spirit of a man to sustain . But furely there is fomething monftrous in fuch terrors ! They come not from religion by natural ...
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... themselves , yet God will judge a righteous judgment ; and , for the fake of their innocence , deliver them from the fears of the guilty . But others there are , who , not able to bear these fears of religion , in the hafte they make to ...
... themselves , yet God will judge a righteous judgment ; and , for the fake of their innocence , deliver them from the fears of the guilty . But others there are , who , not able to bear these fears of religion , in the hafte they make to ...
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... themselves against the apprehenfions of futurity by vice and intemperance ; and seem to have no greater con- cern upon them in this life , than to fecure them- felves from thought and reflection . This may likewise , in fome measure ...
... themselves against the apprehenfions of futurity by vice and intemperance ; and seem to have no greater con- cern upon them in this life , than to fecure them- felves from thought and reflection . This may likewise , in fome measure ...
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Page 49 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it : And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 376 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh : but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 358 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 455 - ... that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 359 - Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
Page 175 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 49 - There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Page 288 - What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Page 455 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 420 - ... who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.