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Page iii
... give me leave , my Lord , to fancy that this book is de- rived upon your Lordship almost in the nature of a legacy from her , whose every thing was dearer to your Lordship than your own eyes ; and that what she was pleased to believe ...
... give me leave , my Lord , to fancy that this book is de- rived upon your Lordship almost in the nature of a legacy from her , whose every thing was dearer to your Lordship than your own eyes ; and that what she was pleased to believe ...
Page vii
... , and struck his harp dexterously , he promised to give him a great reward ; and that raised the fancy of the man , and made him play better . But when the mu- sick was done , and the man waited for his THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY . vii.
... , and struck his harp dexterously , he promised to give him a great reward ; and that raised the fancy of the man , and made him play better . But when the mu- sick was done , and the man waited for his THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY . vii.
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... give God thanks ; but nothing is due to the man for that , save only that it is the rather to be employed , because by it we may be better instructed : but if any other reflection be made upon his person , it is next to the sin and ...
... give God thanks ; but nothing is due to the man for that , save only that it is the rather to be employed , because by it we may be better instructed : but if any other reflection be made upon his person , it is next to the sin and ...
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... give us all things , who is lord of men and angels , and king of all the creatures , should pray to God for us without intermission ; that he who reigns over all the world should at the day of judgment give up the kingdom to God the ...
... give us all things , who is lord of men and angels , and king of all the creatures , should pray to God for us without intermission ; that he who reigns over all the world should at the day of judgment give up the kingdom to God the ...
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... give the good man a hearing ; and , as Anachar- sis said of the Greeks , they used money for nothing but to cast account withal ; so , our hearers make use of sermons and discourses evangelical , but to fill up void spaces of their time ...
... give the good man a hearing ; and , as Anachar- sis said of the Greeks , they used money for nothing but to cast account withal ; so , our hearers make use of sermons and discourses evangelical , but to fill up void spaces of their time ...
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Page 162 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 244 - 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 384 - ... according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not...
Page 94 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 76 - Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood ; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Page 16 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 1 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Page 372 - Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Page 180 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Page 180 - And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked : between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.