The Works of the Learned Benjamin Whichcote ...J. Chalmers, 1751 - 448 pages |
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... most re- femble him . God hath appointed the material fun to enlighten the world of fenfitives , and there is no- thing hid from the heat thereof , Pfal . xix . 1 , 6. God intended by himself , to enlighten reasonable fouls . The fpirit ...
... most re- femble him . God hath appointed the material fun to enlighten the world of fenfitives , and there is no- thing hid from the heat thereof , Pfal . xix . 1 , 6. God intended by himself , to enlighten reasonable fouls . The fpirit ...
Page 38
... most men have to fhew preparation thereto , by education , confider- ation , and conference : for we are born only with powers and faculties ; and fo with poffibilities of acts and habits : we are no - bodies where we have not thought ...
... most men have to fhew preparation thereto , by education , confider- ation , and conference : for we are born only with powers and faculties ; and fo with poffibilities of acts and habits : we are no - bodies where we have not thought ...
Page 42
... most readily commiferate e- very compaffionable cafe . And if a creature do re- pent , revoke , and condemn himself for what he hath done amifs , and deprecates God's displeasure , his cafe is compaffionable , and God will fhew mer- cy ...
... most readily commiferate e- very compaffionable cafe . And if a creature do re- pent , revoke , and condemn himself for what he hath done amifs , and deprecates God's displeasure , his cafe is compaffionable , and God will fhew mer- cy ...
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... most ungrounded things in the world : and modefty and humility the most becoming tem- per in the world . For why fhould we live in a lie and put ourselves into a fool's paradife ? Why fhould we think of ourselves above what is fit and ...
... most ungrounded things in the world : and modefty and humility the most becoming tem- per in the world . For why fhould we live in a lie and put ourselves into a fool's paradife ? Why fhould we think of ourselves above what is fit and ...
Page 66
... most good , and to be able to afford the greatest compaffion , that this man is the most perfect and happy man and to have this not only within our power , but also our will , is a great liberty , and per- fection . It is greatnefs of ...
... most good , and to be able to afford the greatest compaffion , that this man is the most perfect and happy man and to have this not only within our power , but also our will , is a great liberty , and per- fection . It is greatnefs of ...
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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...