A plain method of Christian devotion, tr. and revised [by W. Fleetwood].1730 |
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... because they fall not in ex- actly with his private one . It is great odds , but many things within this book , will ap- pear too fine and fpiritual to one ; to ano- ther inconceivable ; and hardly practicable to a third ; but there are ...
... because they fall not in ex- actly with his private one . It is great odds , but many things within this book , will ap- pear too fine and fpiritual to one ; to ano- ther inconceivable ; and hardly practicable to a third ; but there are ...
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... because they fall not in ex- actly with his private one . It is great odds , but many things within this book , will ap- pear too fine and fpiritual to one ; to ano- ther inconceivable ; and hardly practicable to a third ; but there are ...
... because they fall not in ex- actly with his private one . It is great odds , but many things within this book , will ap- pear too fine and fpiritual to one ; to ano- ther inconceivable ; and hardly practicable to a third ; but there are ...
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... because it believes not them to be either neceffary or useful . Thou feeft , O my Soul , abundance of People fave themfelves by a dead and faint Devotion , and go to Hea- ven by very flow Steps , and thou perfuadeft thy felf that God ...
... because it believes not them to be either neceffary or useful . Thou feeft , O my Soul , abundance of People fave themfelves by a dead and faint Devotion , and go to Hea- ven by very flow Steps , and thou perfuadeft thy felf that God ...
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... is what we fel- dom think , or fay to our felves ; and because God does not fpeedily avenge the Outrage done his Majefty , we get Ez a Habit of neglecting him , without concern or fear Ch . V. of Chriftian Devotion . 43 ,
... is what we fel- dom think , or fay to our felves ; and because God does not fpeedily avenge the Outrage done his Majefty , we get Ez a Habit of neglecting him , without concern or fear Ch . V. of Chriftian Devotion . 43 ,
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... because they are great in num- ber , faith St. Auftin : altho ' they should -appear light in the Balance of the San- ctuary , yet the Sum will undo us . For ' tis the Work of every Day . There is nothing smaller than Grains of Sand ...
... because they are great in num- ber , faith St. Auftin : altho ' they should -appear light in the Balance of the San- ctuary , yet the Sum will undo us . For ' tis the Work of every Day . There is nothing smaller than Grains of Sand ...
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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.