A plain method of Christian devotion, tr. and revised [by W. Fleetwood].1730 |
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Page 37
... to trouble me ex- ceedingly for the fhare I have my felf in God's Interefts . This ought to terrify me not a little , that the whole World become not not Univerfal Sodom , or be made like Go- morrha Ch . IV . of Chriftian Devotion . 37.
... to trouble me ex- ceedingly for the fhare I have my felf in God's Interefts . This ought to terrify me not a little , that the whole World become not not Univerfal Sodom , or be made like Go- morrha Ch . IV . of Chriftian Devotion . 37.
Page 47
... become part of thy Crime , if ' twas not liv'd to God . O lamentable State ! How many Sins fhall then proceed , from whence thou now seeft none at all ! They shall take thee unprovided , and as it were in Ambufcade , and then they shall ...
... become part of thy Crime , if ' twas not liv'd to God . O lamentable State ! How many Sins fhall then proceed , from whence thou now seeft none at all ! They shall take thee unprovided , and as it were in Ambufcade , and then they shall ...
Page 64
... tis to great perpofe truly , that I cry out Vanity of Vanities , over my heart infected with this world's love , fince it becomes no whit the better better for it . I am fufficiently perfuaded of every 64 Part II . A Plain Method.
... tis to great perpofe truly , that I cry out Vanity of Vanities , over my heart infected with this world's love , fince it becomes no whit the better better for it . I am fufficiently perfuaded of every 64 Part II . A Plain Method.
Page 68
... become criminal by their Excess . The continuation of Diverfions ( the most in- nocent ) becomes an Abuse , and may be- come great hindrances to Piety , as little fenfible as we are of the mischief . The holy holy Spirit is call'd the ...
... become criminal by their Excess . The continuation of Diverfions ( the most in- nocent ) becomes an Abuse , and may be- come great hindrances to Piety , as little fenfible as we are of the mischief . The holy holy Spirit is call'd the ...
Page 70
... become chaft , and that we meet with nothing there , but Leffons of Ver- tue . They may fay , if they will , that Paffions are only display'd there , as ani- mated in defence of Honour , and pro- duce no other Sentiments but thofe of ...
... become chaft , and that we meet with nothing there , but Leffons of Ver- tue . They may fay , if they will , that Paffions are only display'd there , as ani- mated in defence of Honour , and pro- duce no other Sentiments but thofe of ...
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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.