The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone ... |
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... those means , with which God in his providence hath furnished him , to improve his understand- ing , and acquire a ftock of knowledge , that he may be a workman that needeth not to be afhamed , rightly dividing the word of truth . In ...
... those means , with which God in his providence hath furnished him , to improve his understand- ing , and acquire a ftock of knowledge , that he may be a workman that needeth not to be afhamed , rightly dividing the word of truth . In ...
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... those who have the greatest regard for re- ligion , are not fo much affected with the fame truths , when spoken by one they think indifferent about them , as when fpoken by one , who feems to feel what he speaks , and who lives as he ...
... those who have the greatest regard for re- ligion , are not fo much affected with the fame truths , when spoken by one they think indifferent about them , as when fpoken by one , who feems to feel what he speaks , and who lives as he ...
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... those who act from a principle of religion , that it is extremely difficult , with all the care they can take , to resist the propensity of nature to the contrary ; and that in the best , it often gets the fuperiority , when they are ...
... those who act from a principle of religion , that it is extremely difficult , with all the care they can take , to resist the propensity of nature to the contrary ; and that in the best , it often gets the fuperiority , when they are ...
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... those who are prefent are filled with the utmost dread and terror . Thus , in the relation given of God's appear- ance upon Mount Sinai , it is faid , And fo ter- rible was the fight , that Mofes faid , I exceed- C ingly fear and quake ...
... those who are prefent are filled with the utmost dread and terror . Thus , in the relation given of God's appear- ance upon Mount Sinai , it is faid , And fo ter- rible was the fight , that Mofes faid , I exceed- C ingly fear and quake ...
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... those who know not this their natural ftate . What Christ hath done , and promifes to do in our be- half , is defigned as a remedy for our diftreffed condition ; and therefore , till the diftrefs is known , the remedy will be fet at ...
... those who know not this their natural ftate . What Christ hath done , and promifes to do in our be- half , is defigned as a remedy for our diftreffed condition ; and therefore , till the diftrefs is known , the remedy will be fet at ...
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Popular passages
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.