Moral reflections on select passages of the New Testament, by the author of The gentleman instructed, 2. köide1736 |
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... thoughts . So that did our lives correfpond to our laws , this world would be turned into a paradife : we should enjoy a tafte of heaven on earth , and be both happy here and hereafter . At our bap- tifm we vowed to fquare our lives by ...
... thoughts . So that did our lives correfpond to our laws , this world would be turned into a paradife : we should enjoy a tafte of heaven on earth , and be both happy here and hereafter . At our bap- tifm we vowed to fquare our lives by ...
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... thought he had time enough to enjoy the present fruit of his labour , and to make preparation for heaven . But , alas ! his expectation deceived him : he , who promised him- felf an age , found not a day ; This very night thy foul fhall ...
... thought he had time enough to enjoy the present fruit of his labour , and to make preparation for heaven . But , alas ! his expectation deceived him : he , who promised him- felf an age , found not a day ; This very night thy foul fhall ...
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... thoughts to the concerns of the prefent , and expofe their falvation to the hazard of the future ? We fay , We have time enough . If we have fo much time , at least let us firft make fure of our falvation . It is the chief , and , if we ...
... thoughts to the concerns of the prefent , and expofe their falvation to the hazard of the future ? We fay , We have time enough . If we have fo much time , at least let us firft make fure of our falvation . It is the chief , and , if we ...
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... thought and medita- tion . For without this , the word of God makes no impreffion ; it finks not into our fouls ... thoughts upon those truths God has revealed , and commnands us to believe and practise ! that our fouls are immortal ...
... thought and medita- tion . For without this , the word of God makes no impreffion ; it finks not into our fouls ... thoughts upon those truths God has revealed , and commnands us to believe and practise ! that our fouls are immortal ...
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... thought continually in your me- mory . You poft to the grave , and once muft leave all thofe amufements , that at prefent take up your thoughts , and captivate your hearts . Neither wealth nor poverty , neither nobility nor peafantry ...
... thought continually in your me- mory . You poft to the grave , and once muft leave all thofe amufements , that at prefent take up your thoughts , and captivate your hearts . Neither wealth nor poverty , neither nobility nor peafantry ...
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Page 62 - As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. " If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.
Page 189 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 110 - But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Page 104 - And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused.
Page 204 - But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was, and when he saw him he had compassion on him and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Page 292 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 195 - And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
Page 243 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 49 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 215 - And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.