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... thoughts as our thoughts . Again , we may obferve , that though this space of time allowed to man be fo very short , yet it is long enough for the great business which he has to do . The great end of our being is to acquire the ...
... thoughts as our thoughts . Again , we may obferve , that though this space of time allowed to man be fo very short , yet it is long enough for the great business which he has to do . The great end of our being is to acquire the ...
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... thoughts to it , there can be no fatisfac- tion to the foul . This ought to be the great business of this tranfitory life , for it is as our Saviour juftly expreffes it , the one thing needful , Here we ought to use our diligence and ...
... thoughts to it , there can be no fatisfac- tion to the foul . This ought to be the great business of this tranfitory life , for it is as our Saviour juftly expreffes it , the one thing needful , Here we ought to use our diligence and ...
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... thoughts . Let us therefore , look to- ward that in the first place ; and then as to other things , whether we fucceed in them or not , it will make but little dif- ference in the end . Seek ye first the king- dom of God and his ...
... thoughts . Let us therefore , look to- ward that in the first place ; and then as to other things , whether we fucceed in them or not , it will make but little dif- ference in the end . Seek ye first the king- dom of God and his ...
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... thoughts . Other beings , whofe origin we can trace , whofe beginning lies within the reach of our imagination , cannot strike us with fo fublime thoughts of their nature . As they approach to us in our condition , we cannot have that ...
... thoughts . Other beings , whofe origin we can trace , whofe beginning lies within the reach of our imagination , cannot strike us with fo fublime thoughts of their nature . As they approach to us in our condition , we cannot have that ...
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... thoughts and reafonings about it , which . were likely to be fo very vague and un- certain . We may reasonably prefume , the first of mankind , even our firft pa- rents had some exprefs revelation given them of a life to come . But then ...
... thoughts and reafonings about it , which . were likely to be fo very vague and un- certain . We may reasonably prefume , the first of mankind , even our firft pa- rents had some exprefs revelation given them of a life to come . But then ...
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Page 314 - For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Page 96 - And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Page 313 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the LORD their God.
Page 339 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing ; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Page 92 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 265 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.
Page 259 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 82 - When he uttereth his voice there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Page 213 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.