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... Reason were given us for no other end but to be Cook and Taylor to our Bodies , to ftudy Sauces and Fashions for them ; whilst our Im- mortal Spirits pine and famish , and like forlorn things are wholly aban- doned by us to Wretchedness ...
... Reason were given us for no other end but to be Cook and Taylor to our Bodies , to ftudy Sauces and Fashions for them ; whilst our Im- mortal Spirits pine and famish , and like forlorn things are wholly aban- doned by us to Wretchedness ...
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... Reason to their Paffi- ons and Appetites ; as it difcomposeth the Tranquillity of their Minds , by infpiring them with wild and incon- fiftent paffions ; and it disturbeth the Peace of their Confciences , by fugge- fting black Thoughts ...
... Reason to their Paffi- ons and Appetites ; as it difcomposeth the Tranquillity of their Minds , by infpiring them with wild and incon- fiftent paffions ; and it disturbeth the Peace of their Confciences , by fugge- fting black Thoughts ...
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... combate before it could come to lay fiege to their Reason ; yet it charged like a Thunderbolt through all these Obftacles , and with its Spiritual Artillery battered down all Oppofition before it , its On Ephef . vi . 11 . 15.
... combate before it could come to lay fiege to their Reason ; yet it charged like a Thunderbolt through all these Obftacles , and with its Spiritual Artillery battered down all Oppofition before it , its On Ephef . vi . 11 . 15.
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... Reason , yet ftill there are mighty Affiftances accompanying all its Mi- nistrations , and it is enlivened with a Divine Power and Efficacy ; for still those Promises are in Force , To him that hath shall be given ; and he will give his ...
... Reason , yet ftill there are mighty Affiftances accompanying all its Mi- nistrations , and it is enlivened with a Divine Power and Efficacy ; for still those Promises are in Force , To him that hath shall be given ; and he will give his ...
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... Reason , and having refigned up all to the Conduct of Divine Providence , receiveth eve- ry Accident as a Token of Love , and giveth a hearty Welcome to whatfo- ever befalleth her ? Such a Soul as this ftandeth firm as a Rock , out ...
... Reason , and having refigned up all to the Conduct of Divine Providence , receiveth eve- ry Accident as a Token of Love , and giveth a hearty Welcome to whatfo- ever befalleth her ? Such a Soul as this ftandeth firm as a Rock , out ...
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