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Page 51
We ought also to offer up our prayers with importunity , or referve , according to
the nature and comparative importance of those bleilings we desire to obtain . All
our wants are perfectly known to God ; he is also the best judge of what is fit for ...
We ought also to offer up our prayers with importunity , or referve , according to
the nature and comparative importance of those bleilings we desire to obtain . All
our wants are perfectly known to God ; he is also the best judge of what is fit for ...
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Have you talents and parts ? It is the inspiration of the Almighty that giveth thee
understanding . II . Let us now explain the particular tenor of this petition , and
point out the object of the Prophet ' s desire : ' Give me neither poverty nor riches .
Have you talents and parts ? It is the inspiration of the Almighty that giveth thee
understanding . II . Let us now explain the particular tenor of this petition , and
point out the object of the Prophet ' s desire : ' Give me neither poverty nor riches .
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own preservation in the paths of piety and virtue : You see in them a humble
sense of his own weakness , and the danger of temptation ; he , therefore ,
desires to be placed in such a state of life as will expose , him to the fewest trials .
own preservation in the paths of piety and virtue : You see in them a humble
sense of his own weakness , and the danger of temptation ; he , therefore ,
desires to be placed in such a state of life as will expose , him to the fewest trials .
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will suffer his desires to fasten with eagerness on any earthly comfort , and who
endeavours to keep himself free from ... but many pious persons seem to desire
and to expect sensible comfort in a higher measure than God fees it meet to give
...
will suffer his desires to fasten with eagerness on any earthly comfort , and who
endeavours to keep himself free from ... but many pious persons seem to desire
and to expect sensible comfort in a higher measure than God fees it meet to give
...
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1 - 9VO , • You will perhaps be surprised that as I have so often expressed a
desire of your being accomplished in every respect , that I have heretofore faid
nothing or but little on that politeness and grace in behaviour , which is so much
talked ...
1 - 9VO , • You will perhaps be surprised that as I have so often expressed a
desire of your being accomplished in every respect , that I have heretofore faid
nothing or but little on that politeness and grace in behaviour , which is so much
talked ...
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Page 119 - Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them : for ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light...
Page 79 - But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 227 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 98 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 107 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 39 - Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, " Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" And they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Page 186 - Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God : and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
Page 66 - I * dwell in the high and holy place, with him alfo ' that is of a contrite and humble fpirit ; to revive ' the fpirit of the humble, and to revive the heart
Page 149 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
Page 115 - The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary : he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
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| Title | The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone ... Volume 6 of Sermons, John Witherspoon Volume 6 of The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, William Shenstone |
| Authors | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone |
| Editor | Robert Dodsley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Dickson, J. Fairbairn, and J. Ogle, 1798 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 381 pages |
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