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... Wise Man's Country 2. The Benefit of Self - Conversation 3. Examples of those holy ones , that have aban- doned Society 4. Advantage that hath been made of Removing 5. The Right that we have in any Country , X CONTENTS .
... Wise Man's Country 2. The Benefit of Self - Conversation 3. Examples of those holy ones , that have aban- doned Society 4. Advantage that hath been made of Removing 5. The Right that we have in any Country , X CONTENTS .
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... Wise Solomon was of this diet : Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with the food of my meet allowance ; Prov . xxx . 8. Lo , he , that had all , desired rather to have but enough . And , if any estate can afford contentment in ...
... Wise Solomon was of this diet : Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with the food of my meet allowance ; Prov . xxx . 8. Lo , he , that had all , desired rather to have but enough . And , if any estate can afford contentment in ...
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... wise Providence finds it bet- ter for us to be held short in our worldly estate ; as it may be the great Physician sees it most for our health to be kept fast- ing it is no less worth our learning , to know how to want . For , there is ...
... wise Providence finds it bet- ter for us to be held short in our worldly estate ; as it may be the great Physician sees it most for our health to be kept fast- ing it is no less worth our learning , to know how to want . For , there is ...
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... wise Christian cannot but set a low price upon them ; in respect , first , of their Transitoriness ; secondly , of their Insuf- ficiency of Satisfaction ; thirdly , the Danger of their Fruition . ( a . ) At the best , they are but ...
... wise Christian cannot but set a low price upon them ; in respect , first , of their Transitoriness ; secondly , of their Insuf- ficiency of Satisfaction ; thirdly , the Danger of their Fruition . ( a . ) At the best , they are but ...
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... wise Solomon ! Prov . xxiii . 5. for riches certainly make themselves wings : they fly away as an eagle towards heaven : if we have wings of desire to fly after them , they are nimbler of flight to outstrip us ; and leave us no less ...
... wise Solomon ! Prov . xxiii . 5. for riches certainly make themselves wings : they fly away as an eagle towards heaven : if we have wings of desire to fly after them , they are nimbler of flight to outstrip us ; and leave us no less ...
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Page 322 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 75 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 140 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 308 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 323 - For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the LORD, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Page 308 - Will the LORD cast off for ever ? and will He be favourable no more? Is His mercy clean gone for ever ? doth His promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? hath He in anger shut up His tender mercies...
Page 105 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 256 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 86 - BRETHREN, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 258 - Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.