A Practical Discourse Concerning Death: By William Sherlock, ...J. Walthoe, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. and J. Pemberton, R. Robinson, J. Walthoe, jun. [and 5 others in London], 1739 - 292 pages |
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... enjoyed the fame Liberty ftill ; which God reftore to me again when he fees fit ; if not , his Will be done . And the only Reafon of this Dedica- tion is , to make this publick and thank- ful Acknowledgment ( before I am for- A 3 ced ...
... enjoyed the fame Liberty ftill ; which God reftore to me again when he fees fit ; if not , his Will be done . And the only Reafon of this Dedica- tion is , to make this publick and thank- ful Acknowledgment ( before I am for- A 3 ced ...
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... enjoy is no- thing to us , how excellent foever it be ; and to enjoy it but a little while is next to not en- joying it , for we cannot enjoy it always ; and fuch Things cannot be called our own . And this fhews us what Value we ought ...
... enjoy is no- thing to us , how excellent foever it be ; and to enjoy it but a little while is next to not en- joying it , for we cannot enjoy it always ; and fuch Things cannot be called our own . And this fhews us what Value we ought ...
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... enjoy , must needs make us miferable . 2. If then we must not entertain a Fond- nefs for those Things which we cannot keep , let us in the next place confider how we must use those Things which we have but a prefent and momentary ...
... enjoy , must needs make us miferable . 2. If then we must not entertain a Fond- nefs for those Things which we cannot keep , let us in the next place confider how we must use those Things which we have but a prefent and momentary ...
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... Enjoy- ment . The first we value only for their Use , the fecond we account our Happiness . Now it is certain , that what is tranfient and mo- mentary can be only for Ufe ; for Man is a miferable Creature , if what is his Happiness be ...
... Enjoy- ment . The first we value only for their Use , the fecond we account our Happiness . Now it is certain , that what is tranfient and mo- mentary can be only for Ufe ; for Man is a miferable Creature , if what is his Happiness be ...
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... prefent Things are not very valuable to us , fo it proves that they are not the most valuable Things in their own Natures ; tho ' we were to enjoy them always , it it would be but a very mean and imperfect State concerning DEATH . 13.
... prefent Things are not very valuable to us , fo it proves that they are not the most valuable Things in their own Natures ; tho ' we were to enjoy them always , it it would be but a very mean and imperfect State concerning DEATH . 13.
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Page 152 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
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