The Life of God in the Soul of ManCosimo, Inc., 2007 M06 1 - 116 pages With The Methods Of Attaining The Happiness Which It Proposes. Also An Account Of The Beginnings And Advances Of A Spiritual Life. |
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... live peaceably with their neighbors , keep a temperate diet , observe the returns of worship , frequent the church , or their closet , and some- times extend their hands to the relief of the poor , they think they have sufficiently ...
... live peaceably with their neighbors , keep a temperate diet , observe the returns of worship , frequent the church , or their closet , and some- times extend their hands to the relief of the poor , they think they have sufficiently ...
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... And as the natural appetite is carried out toward food , though we should not reflect on the necessity of it for the * 1 John 3 : 9 . ↑ John 4 : 34 . preservation of our lives ; so are they carried with IN THE SOUL OF MAN . 37.
... And as the natural appetite is carried out toward food , though we should not reflect on the necessity of it for the * 1 John 3 : 9 . ↑ John 4 : 34 . preservation of our lives ; so are they carried with IN THE SOUL OF MAN . 37.
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Henry Scougal. preservation of our lives ; so are they carried with a natural and unforced propensity toward that which is good and commendable . It is true , external motives are many times of great use to excite and stir up this inward ...
Henry Scougal. preservation of our lives ; so are they carried with a natural and unforced propensity toward that which is good and commendable . It is true , external motives are many times of great use to excite and stir up this inward ...
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... lives . These are instead of a law unto the brute beasts , whereby they are directed toward the ends for which they were made ; but man being made for higher purposes , and to be guided by more ex- cellent laws , becomes guilty and ...
... lives . These are instead of a law unto the brute beasts , whereby they are directed toward the ends for which they were made ; but man being made for higher purposes , and to be guided by more ex- cellent laws , becomes guilty and ...
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Contents
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The Excellency and Advantage of Religion | 61 |
Happiness | 69 |
The Pleasure that attends | 76 |
A Prayer | 83 |
We must use our utmost Endeavors and then | 92 |
We must consider the Evils of Sin and resist | 98 |
We must often examine our Actions | 104 |
We must conscientiously perform the outward | 114 |
To beget Purity we must consider the Dignity | 127 |
Religion is advanced by the same means with | 133 |
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Page 57 - Christ immediately puts his friendship to the proof, by telling him, that the foxes had holes, and the birds of the air had nests, but the Son of Man had not where to lay his head.
Page 89 - The eternal God is our refuge *, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
Page 137 - I will also save you from all your uncleannesses,' xxxvi, 25, 29. No promise can be more clear. And to this the apostle plainly refers in that exhortation : ' Having these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God,
Page 91 - The path of the just is as the shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Page 106 - ... amiss, and make the shipwrecks of one day be as marks to direct our course in another. This may be called the very art of virtuous living, and would contribute wonderfully to advance our reformation, and preserve our innocence.
Page 47 - ... universal and unbounded affection, and in the mastery over our natural inclinations, that they may never be able to betray us to those things -which we know to be blameable. The root of the divine life is Faith ; the chief branches are love to God, charity to man, purity and humility...
Page 136 - Possess our hearts with a generous and holy disdain of all those poor enjoyments which this world holdeth out to allure us, that they may never be able to inveigle our affections, or betray us to any sin : turn away our eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken thou us in thy law.
Page 137 - Finally, O God. grant that the consideration of what thou art, and what we ourselves are, may both humble and lay us low before thee, and also stir up in us the strongest and most ardent aspirations towards thee.