A plain method of Christian devotion, tr. and revised [by W. Fleetwood].1730 |
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... should't enter under my roof ; and if she is in poffeffion of her God , the is afraid of lofing him , and watches even whilft the fleeps , left any thing fhould take from her , her well - beloved . There is alfo Fear in the compofition ...
... should't enter under my roof ; and if she is in poffeffion of her God , the is afraid of lofing him , and watches even whilft the fleeps , left any thing fhould take from her , her well - beloved . There is alfo Fear in the compofition ...
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... should't enter under my roof ; and if she is in poffeffion of her God , the is afraid of lofing him , and watches even whilst she fleeps , left any thing should take from her , her well - beloved . There is alfo Fear in the compofition ...
... should't enter under my roof ; and if she is in poffeffion of her God , the is afraid of lofing him , and watches even whilst she fleeps , left any thing should take from her , her well - beloved . There is alfo Fear in the compofition ...
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... should't not understand thofe heavenly things that God hath re- ferved to himself , and hath as it were en- clofed in his own bofom , fince thou art ig- norant of what God does in thee thy felf , and do'ft not know the heavenly things ...
... should't not understand thofe heavenly things that God hath re- ferved to himself , and hath as it were en- clofed in his own bofom , fince thou art ig- norant of what God does in thee thy felf , and do'ft not know the heavenly things ...
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... is this joy that I should tafte in acts of Piety ? Where are the tranfports , exta- fies , and flames , and kindlings of that bea- C 2 I venly venly Fire , that I have been defcribing ? All Ch . II . of Chriftian Devotion . 19.
... is this joy that I should tafte in acts of Piety ? Where are the tranfports , exta- fies , and flames , and kindlings of that bea- C 2 I venly venly Fire , that I have been defcribing ? All Ch . II . of Chriftian Devotion . 19.
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... should we present ourselves to God by Prayer , by reading or by hearing of his Word , feeking his Aid , or rendring him our Thanks , without the holy and preparatory difpofitions of true Piety , that are of fo great value in his fight ...
... should we present ourselves to God by Prayer , by reading or by hearing of his Word , feeking his Aid , or rendring him our Thanks , without the holy and preparatory difpofitions of true Piety , that are of fo great value in his fight ...
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Page 48 - For a thousand years in thy sight, are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up ; in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
Page 129 - I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold, this also is vanity.
Page 231 - My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh also longeth after Thee : in a barren and dry land where no water is.
Page 78 - Brethren, I count not myfelf to have apprehended ; but this one thing I do, forgetting thofe things which are behind, and reaching forth unto thofe things which are before, I prefs toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Chrift Jefus.
Page 208 - much " much goods laid up for many years ; take " thine eafe, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 11 - Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me : thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Page 128 - The missionaries left Switzerland loaded with wealth ; and even flattered the pope with the agreeable anticipation that the Protestant part of Switzerland might be led back to the lap of the church. The outward peace enjoyed by the confederacy during the eighteenth century (the...
Page 324 - ... of the angels faid he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee ? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he (hall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the firit-begctten into the world, he faith, And let all the angels of God worfliip him.
Page 67 - Father; the very hairs of your head are numbered, ye are of more value than many Sparrows ; the fowls of the air have neither barns nor granaries, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Page 231 - My foul hath a defire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flefh rejoice in the living God.