Contemplations Moral and Divine, etc. [With a portrait.]William Shrewsbury; Dan. Midwinter & Tho. Leigh, 1699 - 558 pages |
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... bring eve- ry Work into judgment , with every fecret thing , whether it be good , or whether it be evil . And hence it is that this Wife Man , who had the greatest measure of Wisdom of any meer Man fince the Creation of Adam ; that had ...
... bring eve- ry Work into judgment , with every fecret thing , whether it be good , or whether it be evil . And hence it is that this Wife Man , who had the greatest measure of Wisdom of any meer Man fince the Creation of Adam ; that had ...
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... bring Men to Repentance after fome great Di- pleasure of Almighty God by Sin or Apoftacy , but this is not that Fear that is here , at leaft primarily and principal- ly meant , but these Two that follow . 3. A Fear of Reverence or ...
... bring Men to Repentance after fome great Di- pleasure of Almighty God by Sin or Apoftacy , but this is not that Fear that is here , at leaft primarily and principal- ly meant , but these Two that follow . 3. A Fear of Reverence or ...
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... brings it in Subjection , keeps it within the limits and bounds of Realon , and of those Inftructions and Di- rections that the wife God hath prefcribed : It keeps it un- der difcipline and rule : it directs the Paffions to their proper ...
... brings it in Subjection , keeps it within the limits and bounds of Realon , and of those Inftructions and Di- rections that the wife God hath prefcribed : It keeps it un- der difcipline and rule : it directs the Paffions to their proper ...
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... bringing of Mankind to God , fo it is fitted with an univerfal Fitnefs and Convenience for that use , easie , plain and familiar . The poor receive the Gospel , Matth . 11.5 . And indeed the plainnefs of the Doctrine was that which made ...
... bringing of Mankind to God , fo it is fitted with an univerfal Fitnefs and Convenience for that use , easie , plain and familiar . The poor receive the Gospel , Matth . 11.5 . And indeed the plainnefs of the Doctrine was that which made ...
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... bringing of Mankind to God , so it is fitted with an univerfal Fitness and Convenience for that ufe , eafie , plain and familiar . The poor receive the Gospel , Matth . 11. 5. And indeed the plainnefs of the Doctrine was that which made ...
... bringing of Mankind to God , so it is fitted with an univerfal Fitness and Convenience for that ufe , eafie , plain and familiar . The poor receive the Gospel , Matth . 11. 5. And indeed the plainnefs of the Doctrine was that which made ...
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Affliction affurance againſt alfo Almighty becauſe beft beſt Bleffing buſineſs cauſe Children of Men Chrift Confcience confequently confider confideration Counfels Creatures Death defire Deliverance diſappointed Divine doth Duty efteemed eſpecially Eternal everlaſting evil exercife fafe Faith fame Father Fear fecret feem felves fenfe fent feveral fhall fhould firft firſt fome ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuitable fure give Glory Goodneſs Grace greateſt Happineſs hath Heart Heaven himſelf Honour Humility infinite Jefus juft Juftice Kingdom Knowledge leaft lefs Lord Love Lufts Mankind Matth meaſure Mercy Mind moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neceffity nefs Obedience obferve occafion Paffions Pardon Patience Perfon Pfal Pfalm pleafed pleaſed poffible Power Prayer prefent preferve Pride Profperity promife reafon refpect reft Saviour Senfe Sorrow Soul Spirit Temptations thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou art thy felf Truth Underſtanding unto uſe Wealth Wife Wiſdom worfe World
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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...