The whole duty of man. With Private devotionsfor J. Baskett, 1721 |
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... please Satan , and his accurfed Spirits ; efpecially when by the former we fhall gain endless happiness to ourselves ; and by the latter as endless torments ? 28. A third duty to God , is LOVE ; there Love , its are two common motives ...
... please Satan , and his accurfed Spirits ; efpecially when by the former we fhall gain endless happiness to ourselves ; and by the latter as endless torments ? 28. A third duty to God , is LOVE ; there Love , its are two common motives ...
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... please him in all Things . Therefore as you judge of the Tree by its Fruits , fo may you judge of your Love of God , by this Fruit of it ; nay , indeed , this is the way of trial , which Chrift himself hath given us , John 14. 15. If ye ...
... please him in all Things . Therefore as you judge of the Tree by its Fruits , fo may you judge of your Love of God , by this Fruit of it ; nay , indeed , this is the way of trial , which Chrift himself hath given us , John 14. 15. If ye ...
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... please him to the utmost of thy Power , even to the forfaking of what is dearest to thee in this World ? If thou doft , thou mayeft then tru- ly fay , thou loveft God . But on the contrary , if thou wilfully continueft in the breach of ...
... please him to the utmost of thy Power , even to the forfaking of what is dearest to thee in this World ? If thou doft , thou mayeft then tru- ly fay , thou loveft God . But on the contrary , if thou wilfully continueft in the breach of ...
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... please the Lord , he maketh even his Enemies to be at Peace with him . A notable Ex- ample of this we have in Jacob , Gen. 32 . who when his Brother Efau was coming against him as an Enemy , God wonderfully turned his Heart , fo that he ...
... please the Lord , he maketh even his Enemies to be at Peace with him . A notable Ex- ample of this we have in Jacob , Gen. 32 . who when his Brother Efau was coming against him as an Enemy , God wonderfully turned his Heart , fo that he ...
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... ye fay , Wherein have we robbed thee ? In Tithes and Offerings . Here it is moft plain , that in God's Account the with - holding Tithes is a robbing of him . And II . The Pu- Sunday if you please , you if Of Honouring Gad , & c . 47.
... ye fay , Wherein have we robbed thee ? In Tithes and Offerings . Here it is moft plain , that in God's Account the with - holding Tithes is a robbing of him . And II . The Pu- Sunday if you please , you if Of Honouring Gad , & c . 47.
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Page 30 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Page 277 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Page 464 - For innumerable troubles are come about me ; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.
Page 439 - GOD, Thou that art the GOD of my health : and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness.
Page 477 - O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save?
Page 399 - I will lay me down in peace, and take my reft, for it is thou, Lord, only that makeft me dwell in fafety.
Page 437 - O remember not the sins and offences of my youth : but according to Thy mercy think Thou upon me, O LORD, for Thy goodness.
Page 30 - And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 421 - Thou art my God, and I will thank thee : thou art my God, and I will praise thee.
Page 398 - I shall fear to die in ; but that whether I live, I may live unto the Lord ; or whether I die, I may die unto the Lord ; so that living and dying I may be thine, through Jesus Christ.