A Treatise Concerning Christian Prudence: Or, the Principles of Practical Wisdom, Fitted to Use of Human Life, and Designed for the Better Regulation of it |
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... chufe to Addrefs thefe my Confiderations upon this Great and Noble Subject to You , is not that I think You need Inftruction upon it , or my felf Capable of giving it if You did , but to exprefs the Respect which I think due to a Good ...
... chufe to Addrefs thefe my Confiderations upon this Great and Noble Subject to You , is not that I think You need Inftruction upon it , or my felf Capable of giving it if You did , but to exprefs the Respect which I think due to a Good ...
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... Chufe it indeed we may as a means to good , or for the avoiding a greater Evil , but we cannot love it for it felf , and fo confequent- ly cannot be rightly faid to be naturally Incli- ned to it . When we love it , ' tis with a love of ...
... Chufe it indeed we may as a means to good , or for the avoiding a greater Evil , but we cannot love it for it felf , and fo confequent- ly cannot be rightly faid to be naturally Incli- ned to it . When we love it , ' tis with a love of ...
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... chufe that Evil which offends his Reason , rather than lofe that Good which flatters his Sense , and fo will be led away with the Errour of the Wicked , and imposed upon by the Deceitfulness of Sin . 9. Befides this general Difadvantage ...
... chufe that Evil which offends his Reason , rather than lofe that Good which flatters his Sense , and fo will be led away with the Errour of the Wicked , and imposed upon by the Deceitfulness of Sin . 9. Befides this general Difadvantage ...
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... chufe Sin as the leffer Evil . There is great va- riety of Conftitutions in the World with respect to the Health of the Soul , as well as that of the Body , and happy is he that has a good one . His Vertue has Nature of her fide , and ...
... chufe Sin as the leffer Evil . There is great va- riety of Conftitutions in the World with respect to the Health of the Soul , as well as that of the Body , and happy is he that has a good one . His Vertue has Nature of her fide , and ...
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... chufe rather to commit than want that Good ; I say this Love of fenfible Good which was before kindled in our Natures , receives a new Ferment , and grows more and more in- flamed , and withal more fix'd and rooted in us . So that by ...
... chufe rather to commit than want that Good ; I say this Love of fenfible Good which was before kindled in our Natures , receives a new Ferment , and grows more and more in- flamed , and withal more fix'd and rooted in us . So that by ...
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Page 53 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 39 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 355 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 351 - For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Page 355 - Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? In the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: " Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.
Page 53 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 237 - Brethren, I count not myfelf to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting thofe things which are behind, and reaching forth unto thofe things which are before, v. 14. I prefs towards the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Chrift Jefus.
Page 44 - But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand ; there is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God...
Page 355 - called, and ye refufed, I have ftretched out my hand, " and no man regarded : but ye have fet at nought all my " counfel, and would none of my reproof: I allo will " laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear " cometh. When your fear cometh as defolation, and " your deftru&ion cometh as a whirlwind ; when diftrefs *