Contemplations Moral and Divine, etc. [With a portrait.]William Shrewsbury; Dan. Midwinter & Tho. Leigh, 1699 - 558 pages |
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... Self pre- fervation , not to difoblige him from whom we have our Good , and upon whom we have our Dependance , left a Difobligation fhould occafion his fubftraction or abatement of that Good from us . Wherefoever there is Dependance ...
... Self pre- fervation , not to difoblige him from whom we have our Good , and upon whom we have our Dependance , left a Difobligation fhould occafion his fubftraction or abatement of that Good from us . Wherefoever there is Dependance ...
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... self , so doubtless it was ordained to high and wonderful Ends , bearing a fuitableness unto the greatness of the Inftrument . This therefore is the first Confideration that advanceth the excellency of this Know- ledge ; the Perfon that ...
... self , so doubtless it was ordained to high and wonderful Ends , bearing a fuitableness unto the greatness of the Inftrument . This therefore is the first Confideration that advanceth the excellency of this Know- ledge ; the Perfon that ...
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... Self - fufficiency and Happiness , that stood not in need of the glory of his Creation , nor was capable of an acceffion by it : And if it had , yet the great God could have enjoyed the Glory of his Juftice , in the everlasting ...
... Self - fufficiency and Happiness , that stood not in need of the glory of his Creation , nor was capable of an acceffion by it : And if it had , yet the great God could have enjoyed the Glory of his Juftice , in the everlasting ...
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... self , the Fountain of Senfe , muft needs be exceedingly grie- vous : And hence it was , that though all the Injuries and Torments of our Saviour could fcarce wring a Complaint from him , yet the weight of that Wrath that lay upon his ...
... self , the Fountain of Senfe , muft needs be exceedingly grie- vous : And hence it was , that though all the Injuries and Torments of our Saviour could fcarce wring a Complaint from him , yet the weight of that Wrath that lay upon his ...
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... Self love degenerates into Envy ; when defire of , or delight in , the profits or ho- nours of the World degenerates into Covetoufnefs or Am- bition , and the like . 6. When my Paffions are not un- der the Management , Guidance or ...
... Self love degenerates into Envy ; when defire of , or delight in , the profits or ho- nours of the World degenerates into Covetoufnefs or Am- bition , and the like . 6. When my Paffions are not un- der the Management , Guidance or ...
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Page 439 - I am God, and there is none else ; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, " My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure...
Page 128 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man. For it became Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Page 375 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 108 - If God will be with me, and will keep me in the way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God...
Page 237 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth...
Page 98 - By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Page 230 - I have found, by a strict and diligent observation, that a due observation of the duty of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time, and the week that hath been so begun hath been blessed...
Page 137 - Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ; Yet man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
Page 233 - But further, there are many things that may be lawfully done on another day, which may not lawfully be done upon this ; and many things that are not only lawful upon another day, but also fit and decent, which are yet unfit to be done upon this day. Upon other days we may, and must employ ourselves, in our secular and ordinary callings ; we may use bodily exercises and recreations, as bowling, shooting, hunting, and divers other recreations; we may study...
Page 410 - Let the wicked forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon...