The Christian's pattern: or, A treatise of the imitation of Jesus Christ, in four books, by Thomas à Kempis, render'd into Engl. To which are added, Meditations and prayers for sick persons. By G. Stanhope1740 |
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Page 21
... faith . If you would read them , and profit by that reading , you must do it with a fubmiffive and humble , a fincere and teachable difpofition of mind ; and account it a greater excel- lence to believe what God hath faid , than to ...
... faith . If you would read them , and profit by that reading , you must do it with a fubmiffive and humble , a fincere and teachable difpofition of mind ; and account it a greater excel- lence to believe what God hath faid , than to ...
Page 78
... faith , more wife , than the nicest cavils of the fubtleft wit ; and a good confcience more ufeful learning , than the most ela- borate fyftems of philofophy . Then the contempt of riches fhall approve itself the greatest treasure ...
... faith , more wife , than the nicest cavils of the fubtleft wit ; and a good confcience more ufeful learning , than the most ela- borate fyftems of philofophy . Then the contempt of riches fhall approve itself the greatest treasure ...
Page 108
... faith- ful and eternal , and will not fail to return and re- ward our love . He that depends upon any tempo- ral comfort , will one day be convinc'd of its frailty to his coft , when he and it both perish together ; but Jefus remaineth ...
... faith- ful and eternal , and will not fail to return and re- ward our love . He that depends upon any tempo- ral comfort , will one day be convinc'd of its frailty to his coft , when he and it both perish together ; but Jefus remaineth ...
Page 120
... faith , and ra- vishing contemplations of God and a future ftate , are most desirable advantages ; but ftill I prefer cha- rity which edifieth , 1 Cor . viii . 1. before the highest intellectual perfections of that knowledge which puf ...
... faith , and ra- vishing contemplations of God and a future ftate , are most desirable advantages ; but ftill I prefer cha- rity which edifieth , 1 Cor . viii . 1. before the highest intellectual perfections of that knowledge which puf ...
Page 131
... faith in God , is capable of acquiring fuch divine operations . This ftrength and refolution comes from heaven . No force less than almighty can beat down the flesh , the world , and the devil under our feet ; none defeat and fet us ...
... faith in God , is capable of acquiring fuch divine operations . This ftrength and refolution comes from heaven . No force less than almighty can beat down the flesh , the world , and the devil under our feet ; none defeat and fet us ...
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Page 22 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Page 39 - I will offer bullocks and goats. 14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God : and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul.
Page 27 - 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.
Page 38 - O my GOD, take me not away in the midst of mine age ; as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations.
Page 38 - What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare thy truth?
Page 314 - He hath made; and a forlorn disconsolate wretch, to Thee, the holy, the eternal, the only Comforter. But whence is this to me, that my God should vouchsafe to come unto me ? Or -who am I, that Thou shouldst...
Page 39 - Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame : and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloke. 29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth : and praise him...
Page 39 - For the grave cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee : they that go down to the pit cannot hope for Thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise Thee, as I do this day : the father to the children shall make known Thy truth.
Page 225 - O that I had wings like a dove ! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Page 49 - ... seldom do we allow ourselves in any omission of religious duties, without even thus perceiving a very sensible abatement and decay of zeal. The perseverance of good men, in the midst of so many difficulties and avocations, must be ascribed to God's favour and assistance, more than to any care and wisdom of their own. And good men have always this notion of the thing. For they depend upon God for the success of all they do, even of their best and wisest undertakings. "A man's heart deviseth his...