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... Design of these publick Provisions being to make all Injustice and Encroachment an un- creditable , as well as an unprofitable Prac- tice ; and that the Punishment of an ill Action fhould always exceed the Plea- fure of it . That thofe ...
... Design of these publick Provisions being to make all Injustice and Encroachment an un- creditable , as well as an unprofitable Prac- tice ; and that the Punishment of an ill Action fhould always exceed the Plea- fure of it . That thofe ...
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... Designs , and engag'd as eagerly in the Business and Entertain- ments of Life as ever : And when they cry Peace and Safety , promise them- felves vaft Returns from their Under- takings , and think their Profperity im- pregnable ; then ...
... Designs , and engag'd as eagerly in the Business and Entertain- ments of Life as ever : And when they cry Peace and Safety , promise them- felves vaft Returns from their Under- takings , and think their Profperity im- pregnable ; then ...
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... very difficult to under- ftand the true Qualities of an Action , and to penetrate the Depth , and explain the Mystery of Mens Designs . But at the laft D3 w T laft Day , the Secrets of Mens Hearts will be SERMON II . 37.
... very difficult to under- ftand the true Qualities of an Action , and to penetrate the Depth , and explain the Mystery of Mens Designs . But at the laft D3 w T laft Day , the Secrets of Mens Hearts will be SERMON II . 37.
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... Design , to encourage Imitation , and transfufe a Spirit of Greatness into others : When there is a generous Freedom fhewn , and a publick Character fupported , and unac- ceptable Truths deliver'd in a low and obfcure Condition . This ...
... Design , to encourage Imitation , and transfufe a Spirit of Greatness into others : When there is a generous Freedom fhewn , and a publick Character fupported , and unac- ceptable Truths deliver'd in a low and obfcure Condition . This ...
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... Design , than an obfcure and afflicted Condition ? For there could be no better Proof of the Meaning and Difintereffedness of his Laws , than by making them the Rule of his own Actions . His Contempt of the World , his Patience and ...
... Design , than an obfcure and afflicted Condition ? For there could be no better Proof of the Meaning and Difintereffedness of his Laws , than by making them the Rule of his own Actions . His Contempt of the World , his Patience and ...
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Page 409 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 12 - I faw the dead, fmall and great, ftand before GOD ; and the books were opened : and another book was opened, which is the book of life : and the dead were judged out of thofe things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 269 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 95 - I may be mighty through thee to pull down the strong holds of sin, to cast down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Page 55 - Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 409 - Let no Man fay when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with Evil, neither tempteth he any Man., but every Man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own Lufi, and enticed.
Page 336 - THERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Page 253 - As concerning, therefore, the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or earth (as there be gods many and lords many), but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him : And one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 160 - A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.