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Page 91
That we might receive the " adoption of fons 1 ' - ' Behold now we are the sons of
God , and it doth not yet appear what we ... know how to give good things uinto
your children , " how much more shall your Father , who is in heaven , give good
...
That we might receive the " adoption of fons 1 ' - ' Behold now we are the sons of
God , and it doth not yet appear what we ... know how to give good things uinto
your children , " how much more shall your Father , who is in heaven , give good
...
Page 256
Give in your particular answer how * you have employed and improved them ,
and see you do it truly ; for know , I have a control and check 6 upon ... and a
control without you , my book of remembrance , wherein all your receipts ,
disburse* ments and employments are registered . ... I have delivered over to
your view , my more fpecial providences over the children of men , the
difpensation of rewards and ...
Give in your particular answer how * you have employed and improved them ,
and see you do it truly ; for know , I have a control and check 6 upon ... and a
control without you , my book of remembrance , wherein all your receipts ,
disburse* ments and employments are registered . ... I have delivered over to
your view , my more fpecial providences over the children of men , the
difpensation of rewards and ...
Page 430
Although the Divine Wisdoin and Providence governs the world in a most
infallible and unerring method , yet in the external ... while one getting the ball ,
and then another kicking up his heels and getting it from him , and then another
doing the like by him ; these give me ... And , indeed , this is in a great measure
the case of many of the true children of God ; they fee fine gay things in the world
, as wealth ...
Although the Divine Wisdoin and Providence governs the world in a most
infallible and unerring method , yet in the external ... while one getting the ball ,
and then another kicking up his heels and getting it from him , and then another
doing the like by him ; these give me ... And , indeed , this is in a great measure
the case of many of the true children of God ; they fee fine gay things in the world
, as wealth ...
Page 466
Who , as he hath purchased access for us , fo when , notwithstanding that we are
fearful , and backward , and aihamed to ... If ye being evil know how to give •
good things to your children , how much more shall • your Father which is in
heaven ...
Who , as he hath purchased access for us , fo when , notwithstanding that we are
fearful , and backward , and aihamed to ... If ye being evil know how to give •
good things to your children , how much more shall • your Father which is in
heaven ...
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Page 457 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
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Page 536 - Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
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