A plain method of Christian devotion, tr. and revised [by W. Fleetwood].1730 |
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... her Devotion different at feveral times , each of the forefaid Movements reigning in its turn ; to day a Christian shall be full of Hopes of fome great Good in Profpect ; to mor- row B 3 of Ch . I. of Chriftian Devotion . 5.
... her Devotion different at feveral times , each of the forefaid Movements reigning in its turn ; to day a Christian shall be full of Hopes of fome great Good in Profpect ; to mor- row B 3 of Ch . I. of Chriftian Devotion . 5.
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... turns upon his Bed , as a door upon its Hinges , and contends with fleep and laziness , with design to be overcome . The true Devout , is one of those Eagles , of which our Lord fpoke , where the carcafe is , thither also will the ...
... turns upon his Bed , as a door upon its Hinges , and contends with fleep and laziness , with design to be overcome . The true Devout , is one of those Eagles , of which our Lord fpoke , where the carcafe is , thither also will the ...
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... turn his back before the Bat- tle ends and the Orator whofe mind is not touch'd with what he fays himself , will never move another . If therefore works of the Tongue and Hand , will fignify fo little without the Heart , how fhall the ...
... turn his back before the Bat- tle ends and the Orator whofe mind is not touch'd with what he fays himself , will never move another . If therefore works of the Tongue and Hand , will fignify fo little without the Heart , how fhall the ...
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... Turn away thine Eyes from me , for they have overcome me . Hence ye pro- fane Ones , that know not the ufe of De votion . You fay that Courage is the Rampart of Eftates , the publick and the private Security : That Liberality sweetens ...
... Turn away thine Eyes from me , for they have overcome me . Hence ye pro- fane Ones , that know not the ufe of De votion . You fay that Courage is the Rampart of Eftates , the publick and the private Security : That Liberality sweetens ...
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... turn our Prayers over our Tongues , and let them run like a Stream , but the Heart has little or no Share in them ; and if it has , the Impreffion is fo weak , دارد that that within a Moment's Space it per- fectly disappears . 32 Part I ...
... turn our Prayers over our Tongues , and let them run like a Stream , but the Heart has little or no Share in them ; and if it has , the Impreffion is fo weak , دارد that that within a Moment's Space it per- fectly disappears . 32 Part I ...
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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.