The Works of the Learned Benjamin Whichcote ...J. Chalmers, 1751 - 448 pages |
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... best apology for a mistake that we did look out after truth . 2. Let the temper of mind be modeft and hum- ble . Secure the ornament of a meek and quiet spi- rit . The meek God will lead in judgment , Pfal . xxv . 9. and , he gives ...
... best apology for a mistake that we did look out after truth . 2. Let the temper of mind be modeft and hum- ble . Secure the ornament of a meek and quiet spi- rit . The meek God will lead in judgment , Pfal . xxv . 9. and , he gives ...
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... best grofs ways to work . of men , wearied them out of the world . Good- tempered Melancton's fatisfaction , when he came to die was , that he fhould be freed from the temptati- ons to fin , from the troubles of the world , and from the ...
... best grofs ways to work . of men , wearied them out of the world . Good- tempered Melancton's fatisfaction , when he came to die was , that he fhould be freed from the temptati- ons to fin , from the troubles of the world , and from the ...
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... best course we can to make a supply . 1. It is good that we know it to be so , that we be not proud and conceited . For , befides what weak- nefs and meanness is natural to us , we are primi- tively defective , and that in two respects ...
... best course we can to make a supply . 1. It is good that we know it to be so , that we be not proud and conceited . For , befides what weak- nefs and meanness is natural to us , we are primi- tively defective , and that in two respects ...
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... best provision we can for a supply . 2dly , It is matter of fatisfaction to us to know that we are but duft : and that lies here , that God doth not look for much from us , but accordingly ; not more than he did at firft make us . He ...
... best provision we can for a supply . 2dly , It is matter of fatisfaction to us to know that we are but duft : and that lies here , that God doth not look for much from us , but accordingly ; not more than he did at firft make us . He ...
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... best sense ; and to interpret other mens words , as we would they should interpret ours . 6. Lowliness and courtesy , in our transactions with others . 7. Clearness and integri- ty , in all our converse . To which we may add , 1 ...
... best sense ; and to interpret other mens words , as we would they should interpret ours . 6. Lowliness and courtesy , in our transactions with others . 7. Clearness and integri- ty , in all our converse . To which we may add , 1 ...
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Page 157 - But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
Page 21 - Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 41 - He breathed into him the breath of life, and he became a living soul...
Page 330 - Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not to thine own understanding ; in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Page 96 - Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began...
Page 41 - For, we know that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diflblved, we have a building of GOD, an houfe not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Page 330 - He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Page 367 - Chrift, and be found in him; not having mine own righteoufnefs, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Chrift, the righteoufnefs which is of God by faith
Page 161 - Me through their word ; that they all may be one ; as Thou, FATHER, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they alfo may be one in Us : that the world may believe that Thou haft fent Me.
Page 139 - God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God : but made himfelf of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a fervant, and was made in the likenefs of men...